Live: The Turkish military has released a statement.

ANKARA, TURKEY - JULY 16 : People react against military coup attempt in Ankara, Turkey on July 16, 2016. (Photo by Ahmet zgi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Turkish Military says it has taken over country.
Erdogan left the country on a private jet, and calls people to streets. The Turkish military claims to have seized control of the country amid reports of tanks and army jets in Istanbul and Ankara.

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23:37 Turkish state broadcaster TRT has gone off air.
23:45 Claims from Turkish sources on air that head of Turkish military has been killed and that the heads of the Turkish Air Force and Land Forces are behind the coup.
23:55 Loyalist Helicopter fired missiles and destroyed TRT state TV building, hence the army going off air
00:01 Germany rejects asylum to Erdogan - US government sources
00:07 All flights from Istanbul's Ataturk airport canceled: Reuters witness
00:08 UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon has appealed for calm in Turkey, and that the UN is seeking to clarify the situation.
00:08 Explosion heard in Turkish capital Ankara and military helicopter opens fire: witnesses
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00:12 Greek Armed Forces on Combat Alert in Response to Turkish Provocations // TV 112
00:14 Turkish parliament building surrounded by tanks - Reuters witness
00:14 Shooting at Istanbul airport // reuters
00:19 Turkish soldiers block Istanbul's Bosphorus Bridge.

00:25 State-run Anadolu agency says that Turkish military helicopters have opened fire at national intelligence agency headquarters in Ankara
00:30
00:39 Soldiers have fired on people trying to cross Istanbul's Bosporus bridge in protest of the attempted coup, some have been hurt.
00:45 Turkish PM Binali Yildirim has called the attempted coup a "terrorist act".
01:34 NATO chief has called for "full respect" for Turkey's democratic institutions, constitution.
01:38 Istanbul's airport hopes to resume international departures soon, according to the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation.

02:15 Turkish PM Binali Yildirim said the attempted coup against the government was an act of rebellion by followers of US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen - but the Alliance for Shared Values, a group close to Mr Gulen, has denied any involvement.

02:25 Erdogan lands in Istanbul.