Coup timeline

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8.30am

The head of the armed forces, General Hulusi Akar, who was reportedly taken hostage, is freed

 

9.30am

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 | 3pm

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 | 10.30pm

Soldiers seize strategic locations: tanks take up positions in Ankara and on the Bosphorus bridge in Istanbul. Access to social media is restricted

 

2 | 11pm

Gunfire in Ankara, tanks open fire near the parliament building

 

Saturday 16 July

 

3 | 12.30am

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 | 2.30am

Ankara: parliament bombed, fighter jet shoots down helicopter used by coup plotters

Black Sea

Greece

Turkey

Alexandroupolis

Marmaris

Istanbul

Ankara

8.30am

The head of the armed forces, General Hulusi Akar, who was reportedly taken hostage, is freed

 

9.30am

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

3

1

4

2

1

5

100 km

100 miles

5 | 3pm

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

Saturday 16 July

 

3 | 12.30am

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 | 2.30am

Ankara: parliament bombed, fighter jet shoots down helicopter used by coup plotters

Friday 15 July

 

1 | 10.30pm

Soldiers seize strategic locations: tanks take up positions in Ankara and on the Bosphorus bridge in Istanbul. Access to social media is restricted

 

2 | 11pm

Gunfire in Ankara, tanks open fire near the parliament building

Black Sea

Greece

Turkey

Alexandroupolis

Marmaris

Istanbul

Ankara