Those Responsible Would Pay "Heavy Price" - Erdogan!.

“Turkey has a democratically elected government and president,” ...

"We are in charge and we will continue exercising our powers until the end. We will not abandon our country to these invaders. It will end well.” 

Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made the above statement as he addressed cheering crowd at Istanbul Ataturk airport having defied troops who had tried to seal it off, after a foiled coup attempt.

Turkey witnessed a bloody coup attempt on Friday, July 15, 2016, when an army faction identified as “Peace in the Country Council,” attempted to take over power from a civilian government in the country. 

President Erdogan said the attempt was an act of “treason” and those responsible would pay a “heavy price”.

Information made available to the press revealed that no fewer than 60 people were killed across Turkey during the coup attempt, and about 754 members of the armed forces detained across the country.

Hulusi Akar, Turkish Chief of General Staff  who was removed from the Turkish Armed Forces Head Quarters where the plotters used as one of their centers to command their attempt, in a hostage situation, has been rescued and taken to a save place; he is reported to be in good health.

Shortly before President Erdogan returned to Istanbul from a retreat on the coast of the Aegean Sea, Marmaris, Turkish Prime Minister broadcasted NTV  that the situation was "largely under control".  

As at early Saturday, 16th July, 2016, unrest was reported in some parts of the country.

Ataturk Airport in Istanbul reopened on Saturday, and broadcasting has begun. 

Turkish neighbors, Bulgaria and Greece has reinforced its patrols on both borders. 

A statement released by the Bulgarian government warned Bulgarians to restrain from travelling to the south, while Greece Armed Forces was reinforced in a state of "heightened readiness".

The coup attempt on Friday, 15 July, 2016 in Turkey was the fifth time in 60 years. The last coup was reported to be on 28 February, 1997, when the then Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan was forced to resign in a postmodern coup, after the Military offered a number of recommendations following rising in Welfare Party.