Turkish Airlines Cancels All Flights Scheduled for July 16

The Turkish Airlines company announced in a statement on Saturday that it has canceled all its 925 flights scheduled for July 16 amid political situation in the country.

ANKARA (Sputnik) — The airline had already published a list of all 925 canceled flights.

"In the context of rough political situation in our country, flights of our airline scheduled for July 16 have been canceled," the statement said.

Late on Friday, Turkish authorities said that an attempted coup is taking place in the country. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged Turkish citizens to take to streets, stating that the coup attempt was carried out by a small group within the military.

The coup attempt was reportedly suppressed by early Saturday, with Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim stating that all coup supporters have been detained and the country is returning to normal life.

Over 180 people were killed and 1,470 were injured during the events, while nearly 3,000 people have been detained, according to the prime minister.