Bart Jansen

USA TODAY

The Federal Aviation Administration lifted its restrictions on flights to and from Turkey at 1:45 p.m. Monday.

The FAA had suspended flights on Saturday, one day after an attempted coup rocked the NATO member critical U.S. ally. The FAA occasionally puts restrictions on flights out of safety concerns, such as where military fighting could endanger flights.

But Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan thwarted the attempt by the military to overthrow the government. U.S. military flights against the Islamic State resumed Sunday out of the Incirlik air base in Turkey.

The FAA had earlier halted flights to and from Istanbul's Ataturk Airport in June after a bombing at the airport. At least 41 people died and dozens more were injured June 28 when three Islamic State terrorists blew themselves up at the airport.