Saturday, July 16, 2016

Growing Tension in #Turkey


161 people are dead and more than 1,400 have been wounded in Turkey after an ongoing coup.

Portions of the Turkish Military has attempted to overthrow the government.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was forced to use facetime in an iPhone to address the country.

Although he has since returned to Istanbul where large crowds greeted him.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told thousands of supporters that he was still in charge.

More than 2,800 people have been detained across Turkey.

The Turkish military has anywhere from 300,000 to 400,000 soldiers.

Turkey is a member of NATO.