Turkey’s Police Chief Celalettin Lekesiz said 16 coup plotters were killed in clashes at a police command. Colonels and generals implicated in the rebellion were fired.

During the coup, the State Department encouraged U.S. citizens in Turkey to seek shelter and stay indoors. The FAA prohibited U.S. carriers from flying to or from Istanbul and Ankara.

Turkey’s president says coup plotters ‘will pay a heavy price’ By Associated Press Forces loyal to Turkey’s president quashed a coup attempt in a night of explosions, air battles and ...

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Turkey's attempted coup: By the numbers • At least 161 people killed• 2,839 military officers were detained• At least 1,140 people wounded• 1 airfield still under military faction’s ...

Dramatic Scenes From Turkey's Attempted Military Coup. 1 of 48. A Turkish police officer patrols as pro-government supporters gather on Istanbul's iconic Bosporus Bridge, July 21, 2016.

The coup against Turkey’s Erdogan failed because he began preparing to defeat one as soon as he took office. But a coup in the United States would probably fail because the Framers prepared for ...

Coup attempt in Turkey 21 photos. The announcement said a "peace council" had been established to maintain order and that a new constitution would be prepared as soon as possible.

The coup in Turkey failed but the country is far from stable. The president accuses a religious leader in the U.S. of involvement. Al Jazeera's Abderrahim Foukara talks about the next steps in Turkey.

Coup attempt in Turkey 21 photos. Religious leaders and two of Turkey's three opposition parties attended the rally, sitting next to Erdogan, who arrived on board a helicopter with his wife Emine.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan at the Presidential Palace, Ankara, Turkey, July 21. In the aftermath of a failed military coup, Erdogan is staging a massive countercoup—and he is doing so with ...

It also was not immediately clear what effect the coup plot had on the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey’s capital, and at consulates in the cities of Adana and Istanbul.