Live

In Pictures

Gallery

Turkey’s coup attempt captured in dramatic images

Tanks took to the streets and multiple explosions rang out throughout the night in Ankara and Istanbul.

People stand on a Turkish army tank at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul. [Huseyin Aldemir/Reuters]
People stand on a Turkish army tank at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul. [Huseyin Aldemir/Reuters]
17 Jul 2016

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan returned to Istanbul on Saturday, saying his government had regained control after an army faction attempted to overthrow him.

At least 336 people were arrested and at least 60 others were killed as soldiers and tanks took to the streets late on Friday and multiple explosions rang out throughout the night in Ankara and Istanbul.

Addressing a large crowd of jubilant supporters outside Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport on Saturday morning, Erdogan said: “They have pointed the people’s guns against the people. The president, whom 52 percent of the people brought to power, is in charge. This government brought to power by the people, is in charge.

“They won’t succeed as long as we stand against them by risking everything.”

Government officials said the coup appeared to have failed, however, the sounds of huge blasts, including at least one bomb that hit the parliament complex, continued to echo across Ankara and Istanbul throughout the morning.

People march with Turkish flags in the resort town of Marmaris, where Erdogan was on holiday at the time of the attempted coup. [Kenan Gurbuz/Reuters]
People march with Turkish flags in the resort town of Marmaris, where Erdogan was on holiday at the time of the attempted coup. [Kenan Gurbuz/Reuters]
Advertisement
Anti-coup protesters attend to a man who was wounded by gunfire in Istanbul's Taksim square. [Emrah Gurel/AP]
Anti-coup protesters attend to a man who was wounded by gunfire in Istanbul's Taksim square. [Emrah Gurel/AP]
Turkish soldiers, held by civilians, are handed to police officers in Taksim square. [Selcuk Samiloglu/AP]
Turkish soldiers, held by civilians, are handed to police officers in Taksim square. [Selcuk Samiloglu/AP]
Thousands of people heeded a call from Erdogan to take to the streets and protest against the attempted coup. [AP]
Thousands of people heeded a call from Erdogan to take to the streets and protest against the attempted coup. [AP]
Turkish police arrest soldiers involved in the coup at Taksim Square. [Tolga Bozoglu/EPA]
Turkish police arrest soldiers involved in the coup at Taksim Square. [Tolga Bozoglu/EPA]
People demonstrate outside the Ataturk international airport in Istanbul. [Huseyin Aldemir/Reuters]
People demonstrate outside the Ataturk international airport in Istanbul. [Huseyin Aldemir/Reuters]
Advertisement
Officials said the military had been ordered by the presidency to shoot down planes hijacked by those involved in the coup attempt and that jets had been scrambled. [Murad Sezer/Reuters]
Officials said the military had been ordered by the presidency to shoot down planes hijacked by those involved in the coup attempt and that jets had been scrambled. [Murad Sezer/Reuters]
A wounded woman draped in a Turkish flag is checked by others near military headquarters in Ankara. [Reuters]
A wounded woman draped in a Turkish flag is checked by others near military headquarters in Ankara. [Reuters]
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan is surrounded by supporters at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport. [Huseyin Aldemir/Reuters]
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan is surrounded by supporters at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport. [Huseyin Aldemir/Reuters]
Jubilant Erdogan supporters cheer outside Istanbul's main airport. [Huseyin Aldemir/Reuters]
Jubilant Erdogan supporters cheer outside Istanbul's main airport. [Huseyin Aldemir/Reuters]
A Turkish police armoured vehicle carrying Turkish soldiers who surrendered after being involved in the coup. [Emrah Gurel/AP]
A Turkish police armoured vehicle carrying Turkish soldiers who surrendered after being involved in the coup. [Emrah Gurel/AP]

Related

More from Gallery

Ethiopia struggles to suppress desert locust infestation

Jemal Ahmed, 38, chases a swarm of locusts with machete after it stormed his sorghum and sweet cane farm in Jawaha village near Kamise town, Amhara region, Ethiopia [Tiksa Negeri/Reuters]

In Pictures: Protests continue in Nigeria despite curfew

Authorities declared a 24-hour curfew in Nigeria's economic hub Lagos as violence flared in widespread protests that have rocked cities across the country. [Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP]

In Pictures: #EndSARS protests continue in Nigeria

For more than two weeks, Nigeria has been rocked by demonstrations by young people protesting police brutality. [Akintunde Akinleye/EPA]

In Pictures: Churches set ablaze as Chile protests turn violent

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the parish of La Asuncion in the surroundings of Plaza Italia following a protest in Santiago [Elvis Gonzalez/EPA]
Most Read

New Borat film shows Rudy Giuliani with hand in his pants

Rudy Giuliani, US President Donald Trump's lawyer, said he was 'tucking in his shirt' in the scene from Sacha Baron Cohen's new Borat film [File: Julio Cortez/AP]

Xi says China not afraid of war in speech to mark Korean War

Soldiers stand in formation in front of the Great Hall of the People ahead of an event to mark the 70th anniversary of China entering the Korean War at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing [Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters]

Erdogan defends testing Russian S-400, shrugs off US criticism

Russian S-400 Triumph/SA-21 Growler medium-range and long-range surface-to-air missile systems drive during the Victory Day parade at Red Square in Moscow [File: RIA Novosti via Reuters]

Trump says US ’rounding the turn’ on COVID-19: US elections live

US President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at The Villages Polo Club in Florida [Tom Brenner/Reuters]