An attempted coup is underway in Turkey. While events continue to develop and change, people have taken to social media to share videos and photographs of the event’s key moments.

First images of #TurkeyCoup A video posted by RT (@rt) on Jul 15, 2016 at 5:08pm PDT

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Footage showed the roar of military aircrafts flying over the city of Istanbul highlighting the scale of the standoff between the army and the government.

Supposedly a close up video of TSK helicopter firing in Ankara pic.twitter.com/aPS5y7ftiB — BM-21 GRAD (@bm21_grad) July 15, 2016

The mayor of Ankara took to Twitter to urge people onto the streets to defy the coup attempt, while in Istanbul, crowds gathered as a curfew was declared by the military. In a TV interview, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan also called for people to take to the streets.

Herkes sokağa...PARALELİ BOĞALIM... — İbrahim Melih Gökçek (@06melihgokcek) July 15, 2016

Anti-coupe #protests in #istanbul. Curfew declared by army and Erdoghan tells people to take to the streets. #turkeypic.twitter.com/rCZpsxjKht — BekoThatRealOne (@SANDMAN_LBY) July 15, 2016

Retweeted Antonio Delgado (@adelgado):



Las calles de Ankara en directo en este canal de Periscope... https://t.co/zxYvoMTm3z — Juan Ignacio Garcia (@jgarciaes) July 15, 2016

Meanwhile, in Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport, flights were suspended as the military gathered its tanks outside the premises.

Turkish military take over #Ataturk airport by rolling in with tanks a #Periscope with a front seat for all this: https://t.co/QBpfuxOQha — Stephen Holmes (@swearstoomuch) July 15, 2016

The country’s state broadcaster was also shut down by the military and forced off the air. Footage appeared to show soldiers giving instructions to journalists at the TV station.

@BBCNews my friend (in Istanbul) sent me this. Managed to send it as trt was taken over pic.twitter.com/cZ1Gfz6Dxu — Frendenglish (@frendenglish85) July 15, 2016

BREAKING: Helicopter seen shooting state broadcaster’s HQ in Ankara, explosions heard https://t.co/ZJksuqdPfT — RT (@RT_com) July 15, 2016

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