Turkish President declares coup attempt over, but firing continues

July 16, 2016 10:23

Turkish President Erdogan just addressed a sizeable crowd in Istanbul.

Erdogan said the coup is over and the "the government is in control", but reports of explosions and gunfire are still coming in from Istanbul.

Assuring his supporters that the government will succeed, he said that the coup plotters brought out tanks, but "my people" took them back.

From the highest level of the army to lowest-ranking officers, he says, the armed forces must know they cannot govern the state. The government is elected and is in control. The people elected a president and that president is here, he said.

The crowd, numbering in the thousands, chanted and sand -- one nation, one flag, one motherland -- and shouted Erdogan's name as he left the platform.

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