citizens and turkey. one of the biggest changes in this coup of 2016 is the size of the istanbul airport and the new westernization has been extraordinary. the president discusses the coup with secretary of state kerry as well. presidencythe turkey said that in at 16 shot down hijacked helicopters. some of the immediate headlines. no one has predicted this better tun donald t -- donna y, founder of the middle east institutell. ull, founder of the middle east institute. we are thrilled to bring her in. when you look at this moment in turkey, what is the distinction versus 2007 and 2011? [indiscernible] tom: we are having technical difficulties there with dr. tol . we will try to get her back on in a bit. matt, i think you have been good on focusing on futuna:. there is an immediate u.s. angle to the calculus of ankara and istanbul. mark: right, because he is here in pennsylvania, and i have heard this from a lot of turkish citizens, that he is a creature here that erdogan has been fighting against for some

turkey is an important partner for europe. turkey's also a part of nato, and critically, its neighboring syria, and i don't think anybody wants to see that region destabilizing further, so the unanimous viewpoint has been, throughout the night, from the uk and elsewhere, is that this coup was not a good thing and i think there's a sense of relief that it does appear to have failed. but of course there are questions now about what happens next. >> sort of the sentiment of erdogan may not be good but he's the best we've got and considering the alternative, you never know what may happen. kitty logan live in london with the latest. kitty, thank you so much. >> well, turkey is an ally of the united states, especially in the fight against isis. joining us now on the phone is lieutenant colonel who is retired from the u.s. army special forces. colonel is no stranger to the middle east. now, colonel assuming that this coup has in fact failed as reported will we see any changes in turkey's relationship with the u.s.? >> i don't antici

and then got elected as prime minister of turkey and then later as president of turkey. and in doing so, moved a lot of the power to -- from the prime minister and from other branches of government and put in the that presidential seat, which he holds. and has used all of that power and all of that authority to start moving turkey from the west to the east. politically and ideologically. and that has not sat well with many, many people in turkey. who just who grew up, you know, under the ataturk philosophy of a modern western state. >> because president erdogan control the media there and reports said they have the most media members imprisoned for speaking out or reporting saying they don't want let out and they basically now shut down social media. how can we judge the accuracy of any of the information right now that is coming out of there? >> that's a very good point. he has. he has really cracked down on anyone who dares to say anything bad against his government. and his government has been plagued with scandals not the least of which is his son was accused of bein

and even if people do not agree, turkey now is not the old turkey, this is the new turkey, and that's why we are taking some important steps right now. we are at the yish kir airport and just a couple of days, less than a week ago, this was an attack to this airport and today there is another attempt of an uprising. and f-16 airplanes are flying over the istanbul airport. why are these f-16 airplanes flying over the istanbul airport? why did we purchase these f-16 airplanes? we purchased them so that they protect our country from the enemies. but these people who have captured these f-16s, are flying over istanbul airport and stopping the regular passenger planes to land in the istanbul airport, and they are threatening even the president of this country. i was in marmaris before i arrived here and right after i left, i had heard that right after i left marmaris, they bombed where we were. i think they are still talking about it at marmaris. they didn't think that we would be coming over to istanbul. this is what they are doing. they are trying to harm the institutions of this country

does the political turmoil in turkey dramatically alter your view on turkey? it is fair ton, say this came unexpected. will,itial market impact without a doubt, be negative. lira falling off sharply friday. -- key thing is how to keep policymakers approach the concern that president erdogan will tighten his grip on power? reaction will be crucial for market assessment going forward. yousef: there are essentially two ways erdogan can handle the situation -- cement power or provide reconciliation with the opposition. the likely scenario is he is going to cement power. this would basically turn off investors. do you agree with that view? you would see money flowing out the more president erdogan grips power? >> i would not necessarily agree. keep in mind, it is highly uncertain at this point. the most likely scenario is to see a very measured, gradual step towards that later -- latter scenario. this hit turkey at a relative benign point. the economy is doing well. the global backdrop is supportive. i would not see a massive outflow at this point. yousef: we are g

i've been to turkey many times. i lived there for about three and a half months, in an operation right after the first gulf war. i have some turkish friends. i have always admired the turks as the military people, as war fighters, as their reputation goes back to the korean war in a u.s. allied operation where they were fierce fighters in korea, always way up to the modern times. they have one of the largest standing armies in nato. they bridged -- literally bridge europe and asia, so it would be very difficult if a nato ally were to turn into a dictatorship. that would be very difficult to reconcile, but it's something that would have to be dealt with because of the strategic implications of all this. >> captain nash, although erdogan was democratically elected and is behaving increasingly like a dictator, i'm reminded of what richard nixon said of the shah of iran, we must support him as bad as he is, because the alternative could be much worse. and of course that proved prophetic, didn't it? >> yes, it did. and w

the eu relies on turkey. turkey has millions of refugees in its country. if it were t to open the gates, the flow starts again. seda: it does. the eu has to be careful. the best thing the eu can n do s show support. what they can do right now is, at the same time while showing support, promoting democracy, they should be careful and watch what is happening. melinda: would you agree the west has, in a sense, given turkey a blank check in the past? if so, what check should they issue now? antje: the influence of the west is small right now. in fact, everybody in turkey knows that there is no eu membership in the middle term. maybe not in the long-term. they are aware of this. i think the popularity of europe has decreased very much in the last year. i think the influence is very small. i agree with what seda said. the eu has to talk to them, try to ask them to respect the state of law. there is not much more we can do. seda: i think saying we are going to stop negotiations, that is the wrong move. alan: we need to demand proof that gulen was behind it. if it

now on turkey. well, turkey was itself a victim of isis. there were terrorist attacks formed by isis. it is again one of those countries which is threatened by isis, the isis is trying to do something about. secondly, turkey is essential to secure the border between turkey itself and syria. the operations which are still going on, if it goes come if it reaches a success, which is very likely, should strengthen security on this border. provided that turkey is willing to guarantee the closing of the border. we need turkey in particular to do this. it is also in the interest of turkey because it also is under threat. i don't we know what the question was really, it was about turkey, but following just the recent events in turkey, will turkey still be a part of the coalition? i hope so. but as far as us a major fight is fighting isis. we need that part of there. into conditions i just mentioned. this is what i could tell you concerning turkey. now, last question was the virtual isis. this is going to be a long fight. i don't have asked this que

and turkey should washington refuse to hand gulen over. turkey of course a key nato a y ally. and also hosting 1,500 u.s. troops at the incirlik air base at present. in what is their anti-isis operation. what are the risks here? >> big risks. and as you know, becky, tensions are rising between turkey and the united states after the coup attempt. there are some turkish officials who insinuate that the united states had a finger, a hand in the coup plot against turkey. the state department yesterday responded angrily by saying there you see that the united states have any role in the coup attempt. in fact, the obama administration came out publicly in support of the turkish government. the crux of the matter is the following. the turkish government and president erdogan accuses the u.s.-based turkish cleric gulen of basically being behind the coup plot, and he wants him to be extradited to turkey. you know, john kerry, the secretary of state, said give us what you have, let us see the evidence that you have, we will study the evidence and then we'll make a decision. but the real

tom: is turkey and emerging market. 10-11, g-seven, is turkey and emerging market? the alphabet soup you deal with everything. >> it is critical for europe. one of the biggest. to play a keying role and a key role in europe. we suffer repercussions so we see economic for turkey. at the same time, remember the whole migration crisis has europe.he politics in turkey is currently hosting over 2.7 million. it is difficult to the strategy to deal with migration and security. >> a lot into that deal, if that and presidentrt erdogan on indicates he is not widely happy, it seems to be priced in. nobody in europe is interested right now in sing that. remember, there are dutch elections at the beginning of next year. french elections in may. germany elections in october. this is critical because migration, security as a weak core of what is happening in europe and the u.k., so if this deal falls apart, you will see thousands of migrants coming back into the european union through turkey. that could be a major, major shock. tom: we will continue. neville-jones is here. coming

this is a full fledged war. >> just looking at the reports out of turkey, that this turkey coup, military attempt to seize power. low-flying jets, as we heard a reporter just other few moments ago. and gunfire heard in ankara. bridges being closed to traffic. it's tough to really determine what rice latest also far as -- what is related. >> we know that turkey nato ally and the united states has to come to the defense of turkey. this is what alliances are about. this is what article 5 is about when it comes to nato, and we have got to make sure that the message, the signaling out of the obama administration is that the united states stands with turkey. >> reuters is reporting the prime minister says, an attempted military coup underway in turkey right now. of course, at this very moment, this is all we have to rely on is reports coming out of the region. reuters is reporting, according to witnesses, in the area so we're still waiting confirmation on our side, and of course any reaction that we will hear from our administration as we continue to see these reports on the turkish military ev

turkey is a critical ally to u.s. and its war against isis and a its military base where some 1600 u.s. military personnel are stationed. the stakes couldn't be higher as we wait to see what happens next. in new york, abc 7 news. >>> this scene across the country. people wind up outside atms to get cash following fears banks in the country may have to close because of the coup attempt. >> let's continue our live team coverage with abc 7 news reporter sergio quintana. >> he is live at sfo where a plane of passengers took off toward the uncertainty in turkey. sergio? >> reporter: well, the president says that the coup is over, and there seems to be hundreds of people under arrest so far. but for the hundreds of people aboard turkish airlines flight 80, it remains to be seen what they're going to find in istanbul tomorrow morning when they land. for passengers waiting to board turkish airlines flight 80 to istanbul, there was uncertainty. >> i've got a lot of friends on twitter and facebook. and everyone is telling me yo

in turkey, nothing is ever as it seems. laura: the white house is monitoring the situation but how alarmed will they be inside the white house? joshua: the state department, white house, every connection is alarmed and spending the friday evenings into saturday up his on this question because of how important this is to turkey. there was a big conference next week. the turkish foreign minister is supposed to be year. will be travel? who will emerge as the legitimate government?/ laura: turkey's military wants to be a strong partner in nato. doesn't want to increase the fight against islamic state? doesn't have a call with the president tehre? here? joshua: there are arguments you can make an say the turkish military during the cold war was actually america and the west's strongest ally. before we can get to the arguments, we have to focus on our principles. unfortunately, coups have been principles in the middle east. for discussion between the bridge we have talked about from asia to europe, will be treated like another mi

people have gathered across turkey. there have been reports of gun fire in that city and air battles between war planes and helicopters and explosions on the ground including some at the turkish parliament building. this began at about 9:00 p.m. local time when the military declared it had seized control of the government to reinstall the constitutional order to ensure the rule of law rairns in the country. but the military was apparently not united in the attempt to take over. some top commanders condemned it on turkish television and ordered troops back to their bar racks. the president called on supporters to take to the streets to stand up against the rebelling military forces. we have seen dramatic video and one video shows a military helicopter firing in the direction of demonstrators. you can see those rounds cutting throughout the air as people run for cover and then there is this. watch. another video showing some sort of military vehicle speeding throughout a crowd and somebody injured lying on the ground. fox

, within turkey. that was by one of the generals. >> thank you very much, jamal hasimi. finally, do you feel safe right now? >> do i feel what? >> do you feel safe? are you worried about your own security? >> yes. yes. yes. yes. yes. we are safe and hopefully we will be able to -- we will be able to protect our democracy. we deserve that. the world deserves that, and we will do everything to prevent that and the people who tried to organize that attempt will pay the price. they will pay the price. >> jamal hasimi is the senior adviser to the turkish prime minister. thank you very much. we will stay in close touch with you. >> thank you. thank you very much. >> it sounds pretty worrisome. this is a very sense moment. >> it is, indeed. it is a turning point. about an hour ago turkish president erdogan called from his vacation spot for the people to come to the streets and they have listened to his call and it looks like the unfolding coup is being pushed back by the public. so what could have been a cou

how important turkey is, how important turkey is to the united states. i got kind of a kick out of people saying that washington was taken by surprise by the news. that kind of is part of the definition of a coup. >> well, that's exactly right, brian. what we were talking about before with chuck is this. it's the obvious point. the united states needs reliable friends and partners at this time in the middle east. as this tsunami of violence and terrorism washes over the middle east, as we see the islamic state, such a problem, and we see challenges to civil order in so many arab countries. we were depending on turkey to be a partner because turkey has tremendous influence in the sunni world. we depend upon turkey to be really the southern bulwark against the policies of president putin. turkey is an anchor of the southern part of nato. i cannot think of a more consequential country perhaps outside of germany in europe for the united states, and to see this country now consumed by a coup attempt where the president is being challenged, president erdogan,

and that's going to be hard because turkey believes that we need turkey more than turkey needs us. it's a two-sided dependency but nonetheless this is a very, very dicey treated and it's going to be very, very tough. so i think the administration has handled it very well but everyday something new will come up that could push this thing over the edge. and again not all of it will be mistakes out of washington. is a long tradition in turkey that predates this government and this leader of blaming the united states for anything that goes wrong anywhere in turkey or in the area around turkey. those of us who worked with the turks sort of got used to that. we never liked it but it came with the territory. but you can push this too far. the problem with that isn't invited. the problem with that as a habit, and you saw a very stark warning by secretary together did when we were accused by the minister of labor by being behind the coup. and you're used to bashing the united states intake was riveting and anything that has happened in your country, you can push that too far one day and the

>> well, i mean, if you mean just turkey -- >> exactly. turkey. >> this thing is over soon. cooler heads prevail. a new constitution is drafted and pass and a popular leader takes control. or takes vol to the extent that the new constitution will let them. thing rs a mess in the rest of the region as well. you've got the among other things, you mentioned the migrant problem, the role turkey is supposed to be playing in keeping thousands from the middle east leaving there and going to europe. unless there's stability inside turkey, they're going to be wide ranging negative effects on both the sociology of europe and the region and the economy as well. the best thing that could possibly happen is this thing gets reinvolved by monday. >> by monday, but with ergogan out. >> yeah, he's, he is now a factor of division rather than consolidation. i don't know who the replacement is. it's going to be a general froebl start with. but unless he seeds control to a popularly elected government, there's going to be trouble. both in terms of turkey and in the region for a while. >> always

, islamist, anti-nato rhetoric. >> how much of turkey's problems, modern turkey, are turkey's fault and how much of it is because they're in a bad neighborhood. >> they are in a rough neighborhood, no doubt about that. they immremplemented zero probl with neighbors and they found themselves in conflict with every single neighbor and we should be clear that the military launched this coup because they wanted to restore constitutional rights and preserve the secular nature of the turkish state. a coup is not the right means to accomplish those goals, but turkey has become deeply authoritarian and erdogan dramatically anti-democratic, so there's a need for a course adjustment. unfortunately, these events will embolden erdogan if he preserves his presidency and he's likely to crack down even further. so there's deep concern about turkey's future. >> do you agree with this popular view that his current political hero is putin? >> they're cut from the same cloth. they clearly believe in consolidating power within an executive presidency. ultimately, erdogan's goal is called constitutional ref

turkey will dominate the talks. certainly, once they assess the situation, the european foreign minister will have something to say with regard to the attack. anchor: let's get more economy middle eastern leader. how much of a surprise was this? >> it is almost impossible to predict, but it is safe to say president erdogan does not have a shortage of enemies domestically. we know earlier this year, the constitution makes sure the president doesn't have any party affiliations. they are preparing a law to allow him to be party chief. he is trying to change the system to become presidential. there is dissatisfaction. the country has dragged into serious civil war. it was brewing. there was something. anchor: we have been trying to measure the political impact, the political ramifications of the coup attempt. how he might proceed this way forward. he has reconciliation paths with political parties or another path where he brings in snap elections. , from hisd to see point of view, the end is the key. he needs enough maj

turkey wants -- he calls the coup culprit terrorists. he is increasingly leaning towards reinstating capital punishment. in the u.s. and europe they are airing their concerns. ♪ acacross francnce official mourg follllowing last week's attackcn nice. in paris, president francois hollande paid tribute and the prime minister was booed by the crowd as approval of the government crumbles. and evidence that russia operated a doping program for the athlete and manipulated test result to cover it up. the world anti-doping agency for this is a bad report. it is good to have you with us. after the coup comes the crackdown. tonight turkish government has arrested more than 7000 gold in connection with last weekend's military takeover. thousands of judges have been fired and police have been spend it. the government is also pushing for a prominent us-based cleric to be extradited to turkey. that cleric says he is to do with the coup attempt. we begin tonight with turkey's perch. -- purge. >> an early-morning raid in istanbul. turkey's biggest city

turkey is a key ally of the u.s.-led efforts to defeat isis and has allowed us to use their air base. the coup attempt so far has made no impact on the air base and the air operations against isis continues. we understand that on the presidential campaign trail here in the u.s., democratic candidate hillary clinton discussed the coup attempt, echoing kerry's response, saying we should all urge calm and respect for government and freedom in support of the democratically elected government. so far, there has been no statement from republican presidential candidate donald trump. >> kelly, thanks very much. we continue to follow the events as they unfold in turkey. we expect the prime minister, not the president, but the prime minister, to be holding a news conference. when that begins, we'll be carrying it live for you. stay with the fox news channel for the latest rabreaking news. >>> a power struggle playing out in turkey as an attempted military coup under way. i'm patricia stark. >> our continuing coverage of the ch

sg >> it says something to how polarized turkey is. initially as statements were coming out from whatever military faction was behind this mutiny, one of the most popular or frequent reactions that you saw on social media in turkey was that this was all staged, an effort for the president to go ahead with plans to rearrange the constitution, to grant himself more powers. that goes to show how much suspicious there is from certain segments of society towards erdogan. he is without question, he has dominated the turkish political scene for 14 years since his party was elected but he is either loved or loathed by broad sectors of society. on the one side, it indicates another thing. the turkish military, which prior to erdogan's election in 2002 staged at least four military coups during the period of 50 years. it was believed to have been largely tamed by erdogan. that was, his supporters said, one of the big successes he had during his 14 years in office. the chief of the military last may attended the wedding of erdogan's daughter, a s

of chaos and bloodshed in turkey. it started with elements of the military declared it had taken control of the country and imposed martial law. turkish president erdogan appealed to supporters to take to the streets and fight for democracy. they heeded that call. soels media showed protesters squaring off against tanks and armored vehicles. turkish forces loyal to erdogan crushed the coup, but not before ice lated, heavy fighting. gun fire reported at this presidential complex in ankara, and helicopters opened fire at the national the intelligence headquarters. the coup's soldiers eventually abandoned their weapons and cause. >> translator: right now there is no place that is not under our control. at this point and at this time, there are no risk spots. there are no places that are not under our control. so yes, the coup is blocked. >> reporter: rhett bugs has beg begun. the prime minister vowing they will pay a heavy price. now public enemy number one. this man. fethullah gum gulen. >> translator: i call on the uni

isis can create tremendous problems for turkey, if turkey decides to go after it. and turkey has really stepped up its campaign against isis, tightening controls at the border, making it much more difficult for isis members to flow in and out of syria, and i think they are trying to tell turkey, unless the pressure stops, they will burn the country down. government -- do not upset things, do not rock the boat. charlie: what will turkey do? richard: i think turkey is already -- has already made it to bed, they -- its bed, they will go after isis and i think after this attack them with a will go after them much harder. you have already seen the response so far, the airport is open again, within hours of the attack. even as crews were in there cleaning up the glass, cleaning up the bullet holes in the walls, replacing panels, people were walking through with the bags and luggage around the construction crews, around investigators. it was a very bizarre scene, but one that is deliberate by the turkish government, saying we will not let isis shut the country down and sh

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/turkey relations, or turkey/eu relations, i think going back to the economy. the eu is turkey's largest trading partner. turkey's not going to risk that because its economy depends on that. turkey depends on its economic relationship with the united states, too. and so it is not just political but i know that in determineste start-ups, three universities in turkey are opening up innovation centers here in the united states, two in silicon valley, one in new york city. in thursday i was in boston talking about u.s./turkey innovation and the relations there, and the turkish science and entrepreneurship and technology office has announced a lot of funding between these two -- between silicon -- particularly silicon valley and turkey. i think that they do care about that. i think there is an element of the turkish government where they want to see that progress develop. >> thank you very much for this concludes my q&a with our two panelists. i'd like to turn it over to the audience with the caveat, i know a lot of people want to say a lot of things probably about

-turkey relations. which is extraordinarily eye-opening, when you think about how the pro-government press has fingered the united states as being directly involved in the coup. directly involved in the coup. individuals in the united states, and not just government officials, people like us implicated in the coup attempt. which is dangerous. which has put people under threat. t the suggestion that, a newspaper, that the united states tried to kill erdogan, that the united states is in can hoots, is not lost on either people outside of government or inside of government. and speaks to the kind of quality of the relationship, which has always been a difficult one but is likely to be even more difficult going forward. the days of the phone calls between president obama and then prime minister erdogan are long gone. but i think that this underlines the difficulties in the relationship that the government and its affiliated propagandists want to drive home the idea that the united states was directly involv

per capita basis, there are more journalist in prison in turkey than any other turkey including china. >> he has imprisoned not only journalist, but part of the former command and control structure in the military and people have theorized they've kind of been amazed that the erdogan military has had enough command and control, enough cohesion and the guts to go up against him tonight. >> well, when you look at the military, this is what you need to understand about the turkish military. first of all, erdogan has been in power for 13 years, which means if you were entering the military at the time, you're at least a major, so you can consider that everyone who is a major and below is really an erdogan partisan. at the same time, the way the turkish military works isn't like the u.s. military where the president will decide who the next chairman and joint chiefs of staff will be and we don't have any insight into that decision until it's made. there's a career path where you know four or six years ahead of time who is going to be the land forces commander and that person is going to be

in turkey. gunshots were heard in the capitol. the prime minister is now saying, this is quote that we're getting from the prime minister, that plotters will pay a heavy price. chuck nash, i go to you on this boy, obviously this is a huge development. a coup attempt in turkey. you make of it what? >> well this is a major story. turkey has had a military government several times since kamal set up the modern turkish state. he imbued in the turkish general staff the primacy of maintaining democracy in turkey, maintaining secular country in turkey and not allowing it to slip back the way the ottomans ran the country and what you've seen recently is president erdogan started out as prime minister, then made, then he got elected president. he has shifted tremendous power to a more of a presidential-type of a country. he has cracked down significantly on the free press. he's jailed journalists. he's cracked down on dissidents. and so i think there are probably elements within the military who are seei

/turkey relations. have a listen. >> for hours we talked to officials across the city, officials at nato, and everybody continues to say, even now, they are monitoring it. it's very monitoring at the moment, anderson. because i think there is a real sense of in stability that they see in turkey don't. and they are not sure what to make of it. this rapidly, regardless whether the coup succeeds or fails, has become a national security crisis. why is that? because turkey is such a close ally in the war on terror, there are 1,600, they fly missions out of the base, even tonight. the u.s. wants to see that continue. they want the turks to crack down on the border to keep isis from coming into turkey and on into europe and plotting more attacks. they want the turks to crack down on terrorism. but here's the big problem. if the turkish military, government-controlled military is not in full control of the country, if there is a coup it becomes a difficult matter of policy to stick it out with the turks. they d

it has anyone leading turkey. there is an immense set of challenges. >> i have met him a number of times. he's a nasty piece of work. i think he is going to encourage the islamists who follow him including some of the more radical muslim types who follow him to rise up. he is caught between a lot of a rock and a hard place. he has not been a great american ally. while the white house and others are quietly weeding and looking at events this is not necessarily a bad thing for the united states national security interest. charles: and my that -- and while that might be the case this is a move and a maneuver but the united states but rather it may will be this is the consequence of russian planning and strategy. >> president erdogan in turkey has have this love-hate relationship. right now they are sort of okay friends. who knows what is behind this curtain. i think what they will claim is that it was a cia plot. it's the go to position the any dictator around the world uses if he gets thrown out of power. they had b

in istanbul, turkey. you are looking at live pictures and our breaking news continues with erin burnett "out front." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> good evening. i'm erin burnett. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. tonight "out front," breaking news, major breaking stories, a military coup under way in turkey tonight and an attack that has killed 84 people. 2:00 in the morning in istanbul beginning hours ago in a stunning move. the turkish military announcing it has taken over the country and imposed martial law. at this moment, gun fire on the streets of istanbul. the witness saying tourists are blocked in hotels by soldiers and in defiance of martial law some turks leaving their homes and taking to the streets and some even jumping on tanks. police have been responding in kind with tear gas. we can tell you for sure and reports perhaps of more violence, shooting, all flights at istanbul airport suspended and social media sites shut down and american citizens urged to s

soldiers in turkey? martha raddatz with us, and we'll have more. >>> and we move on to the truck attack in nice, france. the death toll climbing and this footage of the attack, the truck traveling for more than a mile. the police moving in to kill the driver. afterward, the stunning carnage, bodies covered in sheets. and this evening, at least one american is among the missing. we have team coverage on this story as well. alex marquardt reports from nice, france, tonight. >> reporter: new images of the shootout with the driver of the almost 20-ton truck. at this restaurant, terrified screams, a waiter bringing a woman to safety. the white freezer truck, rented three days earlier, picked up at 9:34 p.m. thursday night, by a man alone on a bike. as 30,000 packe mediterranean to celebrate the french holiday. and the truck sideswiping a motorcycle. the panicked crowd fleeing. the chaos spilling into the side streets. what's happening, what is it? you can hear people asking. >> just turning down alleys, looki

turkey is a critical ally to u.s. and its war against isis and a its military base where some 1600 u.s. military personnel are stationed. the stakes couldn't be higher as we wait to see what happens next. in new york, abc 7 news. >>> this scene across the country. people wind up outside atms to get cash following fears banks in the country may have to close because of the coup attempt. >> let's continue our live team coverage with abc 7 news reporter sergio quintana. >> he is live at sfo where a plane of passengers took off toward the uncertainty in turkey. sergio? >> reporter: well, the president says that the coup is over, and there seems to be hundreds of people under arrest so far. but for the hundreds of people aboard turkish airlines flight 80, it remains to be seen what they're going to find in istanbul tomorrow morning when they land. for passengers waiting to board turkish airlines flight 80 to istanbul, there was uncertainty. >> i've got a lot of friends on twitter and facebook. and everyone is telling me yo

, islamist, anti-nato rhetoric. >> how much of turkey's problems, modern turkey, are turkey's fault and how much of it is because they're if a bad neighborhood? >> they are in a rough neighborhood, no doubt about that. they implemented a policy called zero problems with neighbors. and within a year or two, they found themselves in conflict with every single neighbor. but we should be clear that the military launched this coup because they wanted to restore constitutional rights and preserve the secular nature of the turkish state. a coup is not the right means to accomplish those goals. but turkey has become authw ath therri therrien. these events will enbolden erdogan if in fact he preserves his presidency and he's likely to crack down even further. so there's deep concern about turkey's future. >> do you agree with this popular view that his current political hero is putin? >> they're cut from the same cloth. they clearly believe in consolidating power within an executive presidency. ultimately erdogan's goal is called constitutional reform but it's about rewriting the constitution so

the eu relies on turkey. turkey has millions of refugees in its country. if it were to open the gates, the flow starts again. seda: it does. the eu has to be careful. the best thing the eu can n do s show suppoport. what they can do right now is, at the same time while showing support, promoting democracy, they should be careful and watch what is happening. melinda: would you agree the west has, in a sense, given turkey a blank check in the past? if so, what check should they issue now? antje: the influence of the west is small right now. in fact, everybody in turkey knows that there is no eu membership in the middle term. maybe not in the long-term. they are aware of this. i think the popularity of europe has decreased very much in the last year. i think the influence is very small. i agree with what seda said. the eu has to talk to them, try to ask them to respect the state of law. there is not much more we can do. seda: i think saying we are going to stop negotiations, that is the wrong move. alan: we need to demand proof that gulen was behind it. if it

turkey? >> that's right. about 2,200 and more at the air base. >>> and we move on to the truck attack in nice, france. the death toll climbing tonight. and this searing image of the attack. the truck speeding up as it headed towards the crowds gathered to watch holiday fireworks. the police moving in to kill the driver. afterward, the stunning carnage, bodies covered in sheets. scores killed, including an american father and son from texas. and tonight, at least one american is among the missing. we have team coverage on this story as well. alex marquardt reports from france. >> reporter: new images of the shootout with the driver of the almost 20-ton truck. police closing in, drawing their guns. here, dragging a victim to cover. at this restaurant, terrified screams, a waiter bringing a woman to safety. the white freezer truck, rented three days earlier, was picked up at 9:34 p.m. on thursday night, by a man alone on a bike. as 30,000 people packed along the mediterranean to celebrate the french national day

which is why we are only neutral in turkey. if the central bank cuts by more than 25 basis points tomorrow, we think there is risk of the currency deteriorating. we do not like the unorthodox approach to the administration is taking towards monetary policy. bought thed you monetary policy, because it is the central bank stepping in to reassure markets. what are you expecting from the rate decision? gary: we expect a small cut. the administration is very keen on keeping growth growing. they need a mandate. economic growth is what provides them that mandate. so they have been against interest rate hikes for years. i see that continuing. broaden theo conversation to other emerging markets. the you think emerging markets stocks are likely to outperform developing markets, even with political turmoil? gary: well, we have playful inmoil everywhere, even developing markets. the u.s. is no stranger to it, unfortunately. beening markets have underperforming. , whichare getting better is not to say that there will be a rally. >> what mar

ozan, who is in charge in turkey? >> president erdogan, the government is in charge in had turkey been. >> you are in ankara? >> yes, i am in ankara. >> we've seen pictures of the government buildings there being attacked. what can you tell us about what is going on? >> i mean, what's going on is first of all a coup attempt against army and then to the country itself. the people and the government and the president. that attempt is right now pald. the global army -- this is not a comprehensive coup rather than that, it's a gang of people, most of them known to -- group who lives in pennsylvania, united states. attempted such a coup. against everybody, ordinary peel, civilians, all kinds of buildings and streets. they killed just innocent people. >> what will happen to those who are behind this coup and the soldiers associated with it? >> sorry. >> what will happen to the people who were behind this coup and the soldiers? >> now i understand. >> who helped carry it out. >> prosecutor already -- around 7 of them are --

a military coup attempt in turkey. president erdogan of turkey is out of the country. said to be on vacation. he claims his government is now pushing back while the military there has announced it has taken control there are reports from multiple officials in the government claiming that the coup has failed at this hour. but the situation remains confused with conflicting reports over who is actually in charge. there is already blood shed. 17 police officers are dead after a helicopter attack on police special forces headquarters in the outskirts of an carla. ankara. government firing on crowds there are civilian casualties hour. thousands are taking to the streets confronting police. and military loyal to erdogan. wires are reporting explosions in an extra. turkey has a history of coups. this is a result of president erdogan shifting away from a seq. secular and crack downs on the population. enormous international complications with these developments in turkey. u.s. ally and member of nato. we're told twitter, facebook, youtube have all been blocked at this hour. we

and you ask on turkey, now turkey is very important part of this balkans solution and this deal which was made between eu and turkey was a precondition for change, fundamental change in the people through balkans. now it's probably through this deal with turkey was fundamental improvement. and now it's very hard to prognosis future development because i'm afraid it seems to me that turkish army is weakened. they're operating in the southeast part of turkey on the bored we are syria. it's part of the very important task maybe in this fight against islamic state. and also we can also have this border with army has this border protection and agency. it is hard to see how it would influence this militaries and how turkey will be able to guarantee that nothing change dra mat bei dramatically in these days. but maybe this cooperation between turkey was connected with every day cooperation. it's very hard for future development. generally i'm convinced that the situation in turkey is very fragile. i'm afraid it is a part of this breakdown on not only on militaries but also on universities an

nothing in the air over turkey. let's go to our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. >> i imagine there's a lot of activity there. >> they are scrambling to figure out what happened. if tlus was any hint of a possible military coup against the turkish government there and i can tell you senior military officials had no clue. in the last 10 to 15 minutes, they still have been relying, according to officials we're talking to, on the public reporting. much as what we've heard from the state department. they are only confirming media reports. and that appears to be the situation here. now it's clear that senior military officials are attempting some kind of military to military communication. but if it is a full-blown coup, it's clear the turkish military leadership wouldn't be the least interested in talking to the u.s. this is a very critical issue, obviously, for the u.s. because turkey is a vital part of the u.s. and world war coalition war against isis both in syria and iraq. there's no indication of any kind o

one of the words we use most often for turkey's resilience. turkey has a record of resilience. i can understand with the benefit of hindsight them being extra cautious. you could have some implications from this. you have to be reasonably cautious. it is a bit unfair. angie: we will continue this conversation. stay right there. we will rejoin him after the break. let's get the latest market information. david: we are seeing a little bit of selling picking up in the last 30 minutes. japan, 7/10 of 1%. we had been well over 1%. rathering out with the encouraging projection here. let's get back to the markets. you have tech stocks. southeast asia is seeing a bit of pressure. those markets of really outperformed. the hang seng index is the latest one to enter a bull market. if it does close at these levels, becomes the ninth market in asia to be in a bull market. just wrap things up with the dollar yen comparison. this weakness that we are seeing right here. a six-week low for the yen relative to the dollar. yousef: coming up, it is been nearly a month since the saudi arabia jewele

turkey has a secular tradition. the islamization that was undergone by erdogan had many people upset. if you spent time in istanbul and ataturk, it's basically a secular society. it's only the rural areas that had the islamic revolution. after the attacks in istanbul, there was no question the military thought it had to do something. the military has been purposed by erdogan. angry about the way in which the purging has taken place. charles: turkey is a thank you to partner. they are obviously centrally located. they came to the fight against isis late. and not fully menned to the commitment everyone else has had. a lot of folks are saying it may not be bad news as long as it can stay relatively bloodless to get someone out of there who is not sympathetic to the wrong people. >> erdogan's policies have contributed to erdogan's will -- contribute to the military's willingness to overthrow him. istanbul may be secular. but rural turkey is islamic. it's a middle eastern country. it's like going to new york city and say

so turkey is very polarized, and he faced opposition. he has been very intolerant of that opposition, and he said it was like a gift from god when the coup fizzled and seems like he is willing to run as far as he can in trying to repress society even further. fernando: he has tried. he has made it a crime, or at least it's a project in the parliament to make it a crime to criticize him. how does that square with a democratic government that the united states can then support? michael: well, it doesn't, and this is the problem. according to reporters without frontiers, turkey has more reporters, more journalists in , prison per capita than any other country on earth, and that includes china and russia, so we have a real problem. now erdogan talked about, when he was first running for election, the democratic system, but if you go back to when he was mayor of istanbul back in the 1990's, he said democracy is like a street car, you ride it as far as you need and then you step off, and it looks le he just took a flying leap off that street c