Army says ‘We take power country’

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JINHA

ANKARA – Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) announces that it has taken control of the country. Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım, meanwhile, said that what is going on is an attempt and soldiers point gun on police. There are extraordinary developments in Istanbul and Ankara.

Turkish Armed Forces announced that; “TSK has taken control of the country entirety for the re-establishment of the constitutional order, democracy, human rights and freedoms, for the domination of the superiority of law and the disrupted asayish (public security) order. All our international treaties and commitments remain prevailed. "

First Turkish Armed forces has been stopped the traffic from crossing both the Bosphorus and Fatih Sultan Mehmet bridges in Istanbul, and stopped the traffic in front of Presidential Palace.

It claims that soldiers seized the weapons of police in Beylerbeyi Palace. According to reports, helicopters have opened fire in the area where the building of MİT Undersecretariat is located.

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