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Update, 5:20 PM EST

U.S. military forces at Turkish airbases, including the main base at Incirlik, have been ordered to “Force Protection Condition Delta,” their highest alert level.

A broadcast on state TRT television has declared that “Erdogan’s rule has come to an end.” The military has imposed martial law, and is reportedly already at work on a new constitution.

Update, 5:15 PM EST

All flights from Istanbul’s Ataturk airport have reportedly been canceled. According to the UK Telegraph, troops have been seen at the headquarters of the state television channel, TRT, in Ankara.

A televised statement from the coup, whose exact membership is not yet known, announced that “the power in the country has been seized in its entirety.”

“A Turkish official who did not want to be named said soldiers had been deployed in other cities in Turkey, but did not specify which ones,” Reuters relates. “Dogan News Agency reported the national police directorate had summoned all police to duty in Ankara.”

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