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Now playing Next Turkey Purges of Turkey's military and judiciary continue Turkey’s authorities have rounded up nearly 3,000 suspected military plotters, including top commanders and foot soldiers, and ordered thousands of judges detained after forces loyal to Erdogan crushe 17/07/2016
Now playing Next Turkey Exclusive: coup soldier's radio conversation with loyalist Turkish police On Friday night, as it became clear that a major coup attempt was underway in Turkey, standoffs developed across the country between police trying to defend the democratically-elected government and s 17/07/2016
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Now playing Next Turkey Mass rallies across Turkey to celebrate quashing of coup attempt Thousands of rejoicing Turks filled Istanbul’s Taksim Square on Saturday evening, less than 24 hours after a failed coup by a faction of the Turkish military. 17/07/2016
Now playing Next Turkey The day after the night before - rubble and recriminations in Ankara after failed coup In the Turkish capital Ankara, the rubble of damaged buildings and the wreckage of shot up vehicles lined the streets near the parliament complex a day after Friday night’s failed military… 16/07/2016
Now playing Next World News Turkish soldiers seek asylum in Greece Eight Turkish officers who fled after the failed coup attempt in Turkey have claimed asylum in Greece. 16/07/2016
Now playing Next Turkey Erdogan demands US extradite Gulen Just hours after surviving a coup attempt Turkey’s president Tayyip Erdogan has blamed his arch-enemy Fethullah Gulen and demanded the US extradite him. 16/07/2016
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Now playing Next Turkey Defiant mood in Turkey after coup fails Thousands of Turkish President Tayyip Recep Erdogan’s supporters took to the streets of Istanbul after he urged them to resist the coup attempt against him on Friday… 16/07/2016
Now playing Next Turkey Turkey coup: mass arrests after uprising crushed, government says Almost 3000 soldiers, including high-ranking officers, have been arrested in Turkey after an attempted military coup. 16/07/2016
Now playing Next No Comment Ankara parliament explosion Turkish politician Ayşe Sula Köseoğlu was broadcasting live on Periscope the moment an explosion rocked the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) in Ankara in the early hours of July… 16/07/2016
Now playing Next Turkey Turkey coup: around 200 dead and nearly 3000 arrested Hundreds of people are now thought to have been killed, many of them civilians, and over one thousand wounded following an attempted military coup in Turkey. 16/07/2016
Now playing Next World News Turkey coup attempt: what happened Soldiers on the streets The first signs of the plot were when soldiers moved onto two key positions in Istanbul, blocking traffic on the Bosphorus Bridge and Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge around 19:30 lo 16/07/2016
Now playing Next World News Turkey coup: military take over news channels In a further sign that an attempted coup in Turkey was crumbling, busloads of soldiers surrendered to police earlier on Saturday at Turkish television channel TRT in… 16/07/2016
Now playing Next World News Turkey President says 'coup traitors will pay a heavy price' The attempted coup d’etat which has claimed at least 60 lives in Turkey seems to be drawing to a close, but what Erdogan called an act of treachery will be sure to have repurcussions for weeks to… 16/07/2016