Timeline of Turkey’s failed coup

Istanbul

Marmaris

Dalaman

Golcuk

Ankara

TURKEY

BLACK SEA

Incirlik Air Base Power to base cut. Gen. Bekir Ercan Van among 10 arrested

SYRIA

GEORGIA

100km 60 miles

Diyarbakir Air Base

IRAQ

Friday, 19:30-20:02GMT: Soldiers block bridges over Istanbul’s Bosphorus waterway. Gunfire and
explosions rock both Istanbul and Ankara, F-16 jets and helicopters seen flying over both cities. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says attempted coup under way

22:08: Tanks surround Turkish parliament building and open fire. Gunfire reported at Istanbul airport

22:40: Gulfstream IV aircraft departs Dalaman airport, carrying President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
(above left). Aircraft threatened by F-16s from Incirlik Air Base

Saturday, 00:20: Erdogan lands at Istanbul airport

00:45: 30 rebel soldiers surrender after being surrounded by armed police in Istanbul’s Taksim Square

02:50: Istanbul’s Bosphorus Strait shut to transiting tankers

03:42: Rebel soldiers in Istanbul abandon their tanks and surrender

05:10: Some 200 rebel soldiers  detained at army HQ in Ankara

09:20: Reports of at least 290  deaths, including more than 100 rebel soldiers and 161 civilians – 2,840 soldiers detained

10:20: Rebels seize frigate at Golcuk Naval Base, head of fleet taken hostage

11:50: Police arrest 100 military officers at Diyarbakir Air Base. 2,700 judges removed from duty

12:00: U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen (above right), accused of orchestrating coup. Gulen, former ally of Erdogan, strongly denies any involvement

Sources: CNN, Reuters, New York Times, Bloomberg

Pictures: Associated Press