Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared a 3-month state of emergency in an effort to take swift action against the coup.
President Erdogan made the announcement this evening where he also claimed the threat of a coup was not over.
Throughout the night of July 15, terrified Turks in Istanbul and Ankara listened to sporadic gunfire, explosions and the sonic booms of low-flying jets over their apartment blocks, rattling buildings and blowing out windows