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Saturday 16 July
5.30am
The head of the armed forces, General Hulusi Akar, who was reportedly taken hostage, is freed
6.30am
The prime minister, Binali Yildirim, declares the first stage of the coup over. There are mass surrenders in Istanbul, with about 50 soldiers on the Bosphorus Bridge abandoning their tanks
5 | Noon
Eight coup plotters fly by helicopter to the Greek city of Alexandrouplois to seek asylum
More than 190 people have been killed. A further 1,440 people have been wounded
Friday 15 July
1 | 7.30pm
Soldiers seize strategic locations: tanks take up positions in Ankara and on the Bosphorus bridge in Istanbul. Access to social media is restricted
2 | 8pm
Gunfire in Ankara, tanks open fire near the parliament building
3 | 9.30pm
President Erdogan contacts a TV studio and calls on people to rally in public. Hundreds gather in Taksim Square, Istanbul. Soldiers sart to desert their positions. Erdogan returns to Istanbul in the early hours of the morning from his holiday in Marmaris
4 | 11.30pm
Ankara: parliament bombed, fighter jet shoots down helicopter used by coup plotters
Black Sea
Greece
Turkey
Alexandroupolis
Marmaris
Istanbul
Ankara
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1
4
2
1
5
5 km
5 miles
5 | Noon
Eight coup plotters fly by helicopter to the Greek city of Alexandrouplois to seek asylum
More than 190 people have been killed. A further 1,440 people have been wounded
3 | 9.30pm
President Erdogan contacts a TV studio and calls on people to rally in public. Hundreds gather in Taksim Square, Istanbul. Soldiers sart to desert their positions. Erdogan returns to Istanbul in the early hours of the morning from his holiday in Marmaris
4 | 11.30pm
Ankara: parliament bombed, fighter jet shoots down helicopter used by coup plotters
Saturday 16 July
5.30am
The head of the armed forces, General Hulusi Akar, who was reportedly taken hostage, is freed
6.30am
The prime minister, Binali Yildirim, declares the first stage of the coup over. There are mass surrenders in Istanbul, with about 50 soldiers on the Bosphorus Bridge abandoning their tanks
Friday 15 July
1 | 7.30pm
Soldiers seize strategic locations: tanks take up positions in Ankara and on the Bosphorus bridge in Istanbul. Access to social media is restricted
2 | 8pm
Gunfire in Ankara, tanks open fire near the parliament building
Black Sea
Greece
Turkey
Alexandroupolis
Marmaris
Istanbul
Ankara