The flight will leave. Some passengers arent in a rush to travel. Im going to check the news. If everything is okay in istanbul, im going to fly. If not, ill be here. The inbound flight landed safely from turkey this afternoon so the plane is ready to take off if they decide to fly to an alternate location. Flights have been suspended. Wayne freedman joining us with friends of the local turkish community. Reporter aim oat the ala turka restaurant where the coup is the main topic of conversation. Lets show you video from earlier today. Every hour has gathered more news and they are gathering it by any means possible, talking to family and friends at home on social media. They dont like the social and religious oppression of the present regime but to see this whole thing play out like this we are against the military coup in our country, however it doesnt mean the government is good. Reaction, we want a democratic country. We dont want a dictator so they continue to watch this crisis evo
Take over the country. The country is under martial w law. A large explosion has been heard in istanbul as police and military exchange fire. Shots have been fired near progovernment protesters and some have been injured. A top turkish official came out and said the coup is unsuccessful and all government officials are in charge of their officers. The military has taken over state tv. This shows themmin stied of the capital city of ankara. They reported a bomb hitting parliament and a military helicopter killing 17 officers. The turkey president went on national tv using facetime and urging supporters to take to the streets but his exact location is unknown. The president is urging everybody involved in the situation to show restraint. This photo shows the president on the phone with john kerry, getting briefed on the situation. The u. S. State department is advising americans not to travel to turkey. American airlines was supposed to take off from sfo at 6 00 so now there is no word o