Defiant Turkish civilians are standing in front of tanks as the armed forces take the country to the brink of civil war.
People across the capital of Ankara have marched onto the streets to rise up against the army after a military coup was staged earlier this evening.
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Tanks rolled into Istanbul’s main airport and other military vehicles blocked key bridges in and out of the city.
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appealed to the people of Turkey to go out onto the streets and face down the military and called on them to show the power of the people.
In a short video groups of men are seen chanting at soldiers rolling through the streets of the Turkish capital in tanks.
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Others walked right in front of the tanks in an effort to stop them from carrying on with their journey.
The whole world is spinning out of the religious kind trying to overthrow a democratic government that DM does not mean that they are any less of a dictatorship because they have had enough, lets hope it all calms down.
Nie wieder, unelected bureaucrat's running our country
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