754 Army members detained after Turkey coup bid

Published: 16 July 2016, 05:50 AM
754 Army members detained after Turkey coup bid

State-run Anadolu Agency is reporting 754 members of the armed forces have been detained across Turkey in the wake of the attempted coup.

Anadolu says that at the Etimesgut armored units training command, in the outskirts of Ankara, some soldiers who took part in the coup attempt were arrested by fellow officers or soldiers and handed over to police.

Even as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the coup is being crushed and arrests made, it is not clear who is in control of military headquarters in Ankara.

Erdogan has not left the Istanbul airport as dawn broke Saturday.