Turks took to the streets of cities across the country waving national flags throughout the attempted coup to show their support for the government.

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Nearly 200 unarmed soldiers at the Turkish military headquarters have meanwhile surrendered, an official said, adding that special troops were currently securing the complex.

The number of dead from a coup attempt in Turkey has risen to 190.

Close to 200 unarmed soldiers at the Turkish military headquarters have surrendered after a coup attempt, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported Saturday.

A total of 1,563 military officers were arrested across Turkey after a coup attempt blamed by the authorities on supporters of US-based Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen, a government official said Saturday.

The military action, the results of which are still unclear, took Turkey out of Europe and placed it squarely in the Middle East. It tore away the country's stability, replacing polarization with what could end up being outright civil war.

Russia and Turkey this month moved to mend ties as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent a letter to Putin apologising for downing a Russian warplane on the Syrian border last year and Russia lifted a ban on package tours to Turkey.

"Naturally it's necessary that constitutional rule is restored in this country that neighbours ours, so that all the rights and freedoms enshrined in their legislation are observed," the prime minister said.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday said in televised comments that the coup bid showed that "in Turkish society and the army there are very powerful and deep rifts which sparked these events."

During the coup attempt, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Moscow was "deeply concerned about the news coming from Turkey," adding that President Vladimir Putin was being constantly informed.

Late on Friday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at a joint news conference with US Secretary of State John Kerry urged Turkey to avoid "bloodshed," saying its problems needed to be resolved "in accordance with the constitution."

Moscow confirmed its "readiness to work constructively with the legally elected leadership of Turkey in the interest of promoting bilateral relations," saying this particularly applied to "fighting the threat of terrorism."

Russia called on Turkey's "authorities and people to resolve the problems that have arisen without violence, with respect for constitutional order."

"The flare-up of the domestic political situation against the backdrop of the existing terrorist threats in this country and the armed conflict in the region brings a heightened risk to international and regional stability."

"Moscow is most concerned at the latest events in Turkey," the foreign ministry said in a statement.

Russia's foreign ministry warned Saturday that the coup attempt in Turkey increases the threat to stability in the region.

"This incident has shown how important democracy is for our country," he said.

"Political parties and NGO's have put aside their differences and united to protect our democracy and therefore my thanks go to political parties and their leaders.

"This was a huge victory and I thank God for our nation.

He called the attack a cowardly attempt and thanked the political parties who united to fight for their democracy. He said "It is unfortunate that we have so many martyrs. This attempt was carried out by a minority group in the military and was not in the chain of command of the military.

Turkey Prime Minister Benali Yildirim applauded the efforts of the citizens for their fight against the military coup.

"They will receive every punishment they deserve," the prime minister said, noting the perpetrators were now in the hands of the justice system.

That term is used by authorities to describe the movement of U.S.-based Islamist cleric Fethullah Gulen.

He described the night as a "dark stain for Turkish democracy" and pinned blame for the coup on the "parallel terrorist organization."

Turkish Prime Minister Benali Yildirim said 161 people were killed in the country's overnight military coup attempt. He said another more than 1,400 people were wounded in the chaos. More than 2,800 people have been detained.

US Secretary of State John Kerry expressed support for Turkey at a press conference in Luxembourg. "There was an unfortunate loss of life and I hope things remain calm," he said. He also extended his sympathies to the families of the victims.

Our Embassy in Ankara advises Indian nationals in Turkey to avoid public places and remain indoors until the situation there becomes clearer

Nearly 200 unarmed soldiers at the Turkish military headquarters have meanwhile surrendered, an official said, adding that special troops were currently securing the complex.

The number of dead from a coup attempt in Turkey has risen to 190.

Turkish officials on Saturday said the government had appeared to have repelled an attempted military coup following a night of explosions, air battles and gunfire across the capital that left at least 17 dead, according to state-run media.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in an interview over FaceTime with the CNN Turk station, dismissed the military action as "an attempt at an uprising by a minority within our armed forces." His office declined to disclose his whereabouts, saying only that he was in a secure location.

Turks took to the streets of cities across the country waving national flags throughout the attempted coup to show their support for the government.

By Saturday morning, a top Turkish official said the coup attempt appeared to have been repelled. The senior official told The Associated Press that all government officials were in charge of their offices. The official requested anonymity

because of the sensitivity of the issue.

Earlier, Nuh Yilmaz, a spokesman for Turkish National Intelligence told CNN Turk the coup attempt had been quashed. Yilmaz added that Gen. Hulusi Akar, the military chief of staff, was back in control and "everything is returning to normal."

The chaos, included a reported bomb explosion at the parliament, capped a period of political turmoil in Turkey blamed on Erdogan's increasingly authoritarian rule, which has included a government shake up and a crackdown on dissidents and opposition media.

Critics also have blamed Erdogan for taking a hard line on Turkey's Kurdish rebels after the collapse of peace efforts, leading to deadly clashes that have increased military casualties. His government has also come under scrutiny for allegedly tolerating the flow of fighters and weapons to rebel groups fighting the government in Syria in the early years of the civil war there, fueling the growth of the Islamic State group.

That policy, according to analysts, backfired when Turkey took on a more active role in the U.S.-led coalition against the extremists, who have since been blamed for a series of deadly bombings on Turkish soil.

The coup attempt began late Friday, with a statement from the military saying it had seized control "to reinstall the constitutional order, democracy, human rights and freedoms, to ensure that the rule of law once again reigns in the country, for law and order to be reinstated."