ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey's state-run news agency says prosecutors are seeking more than four years in prison for NBA player Enes Kanter on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. 
 
 Anadolu Agency says an indictment prepared by the Istanbul chief prosecutor's office accuses the New York Knicks center of insulting the president in a series of tweets he posted in May and June 2016. 
 
 Kanter, who is in the United States, would be tried in absentia. 
 
 Turkish prosecutors are seeking a four-year prison term for Knicks player Enes Kanter, who sent a series of tweets that the government deemed insulting. John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports 
 
 Kanter said on Wednesday that he isn't bothered by the potential indictment. 
 
 "You guys were seeing today that I was just out there having fun, playing basketball and practicing with my teammates," Kanter said. "... You guys are going to say, 'How do you get used to, like, prison, this and that, whatever?' I think it's just nothing to me, man, because I'm in America. I'm good. My focus right now is just going out there, playing basketball, having fun with my teammates and just winning, and just thinking about playoffs. I don't really think about all this stuff, whatever. They can do whatever they want to do." 
 
 Kanter, who grew up in Turkey, is a vocal supporter of Fethullah Gulen, the U.S.-based cleric blamed by Turkey for last year's failed military coup. Kanter was detained in Romania on May 20 because his Turkish passport was canceled. He said he was able to return to the United States after American officials intervened. 
 
 The Knicks center said he found out about the indictment on Wednesday morning. 
 
 "I was like, 'Oh, four years.' I was like, 'That's it? Only four years? All the trash I've been talking?' I said I promise you guys, it doesn't really bother me a little, even one bit," he said. "My thing is just going out there and just playing basketball." 
 
 Kanter was asked Wednesday if he hopes the situation in his country can change. 
 
 "The only thing you can do is just pray for all these innocent people in Turkey," he said. "People don't understand. They're saying your family is still back in Turkey -- why are you doing all of this? Why are you talking? I'm just trying to be the voice of all of these innocent people, man. Because all of these innocent people are just going through really tough times. Journalists, innocent people in jail getting tortured and killed and kidnapped. And it's pretty messed up." 
 
 He added that the Knicks' success on the court would be a good way to answer back to the government. 
 
 "If we make playoffs, then that will drive him crazy, so that's what I'm really focused on right now, just make the playoffs and drive this dude crazy," he said. 
 
 Of Erdogan, Kanter added: "That dude is maniac. Think about it. I mean, America ... you've got freedom of whatever you want to say. I mean, it's a free country. But it's not like that in Turkey. You cannot criticize or you cannot even say nothing bad about the dude, Erdogan. Just, like, say he's a bad guy and you're in a prison. It's politics. People can choose or say whatever they want to say. I think right now the situation there is pretty messed up." 
 
 ESPN's Ian Begley and the Associated Press contributed to this report. ||||| Enes Kanter is one of the more outspoken players in the N.B.A., riffing about LeBron James or Kevin Durant or just about anything else that grabs his attention. 
 
 But the Knicks center is never more passionate than when speaking out about his home country of Turkey. And in recent years, as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has amassed more and more power, Kanter has emerged as one of Erdogan’s louder and more prominent critics. 
 
 Kanter’s decision to be vocal has come at a cost. Out of caution, he has not visited Turkey in years, and in May he was detained for hours at an airport in Romania after the Turkish government canceled his travel documents. 
 
 On Wednesday, Turkey’s state-run news agency reported that prosecutors were seeking more than four years in jail for Kanter on charges that he has insulted Erdogan on Twitter. It should be noted that Kanter has 526,000 followers on Twitter, giving him a sizable audience when he has something to say. ||||| Turkish soldiers secure the area as supporters of Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan protest in Istanbul's Taksim square, early Saturday, July 16, 2016. Turkey's prime minister says a group within... (Associated Press) 
 
 Turkish soldiers secure the area as supporters of Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan protest in Istanbul's Taksim square, early Saturday, July 16, 2016. Turkey's prime minister says a group within Turkey's military has engaged in what appeared to be an attempted coup. Binali Yildirim told NTV television:... (Associated Press) 
 
 ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Latest on the attempted military coup in Turkey (all times local): 
 
 5:20 p.m. 
 
 Hundreds of people waving Turkish flags have gathered outside of the parliament in Ankara to protest the coup attempt as legislators prepare to hold an emergency session. 
 
 In an unprecedented show of unity, all four parties represented in parliament are expected to issue a joint declaration Saturday condemning the attempted coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government. 
 
 The extraordinary session began with a minute of silence in honor of those who lost their lives during the coup, followed by the singing of the national anthem. Officials say 161 civilians or pro-government security forces were killed during the coup, along with an undetermined number of coup plotters. 
 
 ___ 
 
 4:55 p.m. 
 
 A U.S. defense official says that the Turkish government had closed the airspace around Incirlik air base for a few hours, but it has reopened. U.S. aircraft that were on missions could return to the base but could not take off until the base reopened. 
 
 The U.S. has Air Force A-10 attack planes based there for close air support missions over Syria and Iraq. The defense official, in Kabul, was not authorized to discuss the Incirlik situation by name. 
 
 Also, electric power at Incirlik has been interrupted. The reason is not clear. 
 
 — By Robert Burns, AP National Security Writer 
 
 ___ 
 
 4:45 p.m. 
 
 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says the United States would entertain an extradition request for exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom Turkey's president blames for a failed coup. 
 
 But Kerry adds Turkey's government would have to present evidence of Gulen's wrongdoing that withstands scrutiny. 
 
 While visiting Luxembourg, Kerry says Turkey hasn't made a request to extradite the Pennsylvania-based Gulen. But he says he anticipates questions about Gulen, who has condemned the coup attempt. 
 
 Kerry says on Saturday the U.S. opposed any attempt to overthrow a democratically elected leader. He says change must come through a constitutional process. 
 
 ___ 
 
 4:20 p.m. 
 
 Turkey's state-run news agency says authorities have detained 10 members of Turkey's highest administrative court as the government appeared to press ahead with a purge of judiciary officials with alleged links to a U.S.-based Muslim cleric. 
 
 The Anadolu Agency said Saturday that arrest warrants were issued for 48 administrative court members and 140 members of Turkey's appeals court. Earlier, Anadolu said a body overseeing judges and prosecutors in Turkey has dismissed 2,745 judges across Turkey. 
 
 ___ 
 
 4:00 p.m. 
 
 Turkey's state-run news agency says five warships which reportedly set sail during the attempted coup have returned to their military port in northwest Turkey. The Anadolu Agency says Saturday the five frigates and one corvette arrived at the military naval installation at Golcuk on Saturday. The report said it was not clear whether Navy Fleet Commander Admiral Veysel Kosele, whose whereabouts were not known, was aboard one of the ships. 
 
 ___ 
 
 3:45 p.m. 
 
 The Greek government says a Turkish Blackhawk helicopter will be returned to Turkey "as soon as possible" but it will examine the asylum demand made by eight military personnel who were arrested after landing Saturday. 
 
 Spokeswoman Olga Gerovasili says: "The government is in contact with the Turkish authorities for...the return of the military helicopter as soon as possible." 
 
 As for the eight military passengers, "we will follow the procedures of international law. However, we give very serious considerations to the fact that (the Turkish military men) are accused, in their country, of violating the constitutional order and trying to overthrow democracy," she added. 
 
 Greek police say that the eight arrested Turks include two majors, four captains and two sergeants first class. This differs from Turkish sources that said they were two majors, a captain sand five privates. 
 
 ___ 
 
 3:35 p.m. 
 
 NTV television has shown footage of a Turkish colonel and other soldiers being taken into custody at military headquarters. 
 
 The video shows them being hand-searched by special forces police, their hands behind their heads. Some are later seen kneeling on the ground, their hands still held behind their heads. 
 
 According to Hurriyet newspaper's online edition, some of the privates who were detained told interrogators they were not aware that they were part of a coup attempt. They had been told by commanders they were taking part in military maneuvers. Some said they understood that it was a coup attempt when they saw civilians climb on tanks. 
 
 ___ 
 
 3:15 p.m. 
 
 Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency says all soldiers involved in the attempted coup at the military headquarters in the capital, Ankara, have been taken into custody. 
 
 The report says anti-terrorism police will now conduct a "detailed search" at the headquarters. 
 
 ___ 
 
 3:10 p.m. 
 
 Turkey's state-run news agency says a top body overseeing judges and prosecutors has dismissed 2,745 judges across the country. 
 
 Anadolu Agency says the emergency meeting of the Judges and Prosecutors High Council was held Saturday, hours after Turkish forces quashed an attempted coup. 
 
 The report said the meeting was called to discuss disciplinary measures against members suspected of links to the movement led by the U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen. The government says the attempted coup was carried out by a clique within the military loyal to Gulen's movement. 
 
 ___ 
 
 2:55 p.m. 
 
 Leaders of Turkey's religious communities have released a joint statement condemning the attempted coup. 
 
 The statement from representatives of the Jewish, Christian and Muslim communities declares "our great sorrow over the terrorist attacks that disturb the peace of our great nation and of the world." 
 
 The signatories include the president of Turkey's Directorate of Religious Affairs, Istanbul Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomeos and the Chief rabbi of Turkey's Jewish community. 
 
 ___ 
 
 2:45 p.m. 
 
 Italy's foreign minister says his Turkish counterpart has defined the coup attempt in Turkey as "terroristic." 
 
 The Italian foreign ministry says in a statement Saturday that Minister Paolo Gentiloni spoke by phone with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. 
 
 The statement said the Turkish minister, who spoke from the capital, Ankara, confirmed the "failure of the attempt that he termed terroristic." 
 
 The statement also said the Italian foreign minister expressed "satisfaction that popular mobilization and defense of the institutions prevailed" in Turkey. 
 
 ___ 
 
 2:30 p.m. 
 
 Turkey's Dogan news agency is reporting that two majors, a captain and five privates have requested asylum in Greece after landing in a military helicopter. 
 
 Greece's defense ministry has said a Blackhawk helicopter carrying seven Turkish military personnel and one civilian landed in the city of Alexandroupolis earlier Saturday. 
 
 The passengers asked for asylum and were arrested for illegal entry into Greece. 
 
 The state-run Anadolu Agency has quoted Turkey's foreign minister as demanding "the immediate return of the eight treacherous officers." 
 
 ___ 
 
 1:55 p.m. 
 
 NATO's chief says all alliance personnel and military units in Turkey are "safe and secure" following the attempted coup. 
 
 Jens Stoltenberg, the NATO secretary-general, said Saturday he had spoken to NATO's supreme commander, U.S. Army Gen. Curtis M. Scapparrotti. 
 
 "He confirms that all NATO personnel and units in Turkey are safe and secure," Stoltenberg said in a post on Twitter. 
 
 The alliance chief also tweeted that he welcomed "the strong support shown by the people and all political parties to democracy and to the democratically elected gov of Turkey." 
 
 ___ 
 
 1:35 p.m. 
 
 Gaza's Hamas rulers have congratulated Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for quashing an attempted military coup. 
 
 The Islamic militant group condemned the attempt as a "vicious" plot to overthrow Erdogan. 
 
 The Turkish leader has been a staunch supporter of Hamas and a fierce critic of Israel. Hamas supporters took to the streets in several places across the Gaza Strip to celebrate the coup's failure, raising Turkish flags and posters bearing Erdogan's image. 
 
 Turkey recently restored ties with Israel after a six-year lull following a deadly Israeli naval raid to stop an activist flotilla aiming to breach the Gaza blockade. 
 
 ___ 
 
 1:30 p.m. 
 
 Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says Turkey has demanded the extradition of officers who went to Greece, NTV television reports. 
 
 Greece's defense ministry says seven military personnel and one civilian have landed there in a Blackhawk military helicopter and asked for asylum. They were arrested for illegal entry. 
 
 Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency quotes Cavusoglu as saying that "we have demanded the immediate return of the eight treacherous officers who fled to Greece by helicopter." 
 
 ___ 
 
 1:15 p.m. 
 
 Greece's defense ministry says a Blackhawk military helicopter carrying seven Turkish military personnel and one civilian has landed at the airport in the city of Alexandroupolis in northeastern Greece. 
 
 The passengers have asked for asylum. They were arrested for illegal entry into Greece. 
 
 The ministry says the helicopter gave a distress signal at 10:45 a.m. local time and landed six minutes later. 
 
 ___ 
 
 1:05 p.m. 
 
 The Turkish Cypriot leader says commanders of Turkish troops deployed in the breakaway north of ethnically divided Cyprus remain loyal to Turkey's military command and that the coup attempt has "no effect" on the Mediterranean island. 
 
 Mustafa Akinci told Turkish Cypriot broadcaster BRT on Saturday that authorities "have taken a variety of precautionary measures to prevent provocations" in the north and that military commanders "are carrying out their duties within the chain of command." 
 
 Akinci says problems can only be resolved through democratic means. 
 
 Turkey maintains more than 35,000 troops in the north of Cyprus since 1974, when the island was split after Turkey invaded in the wake of a coup by supporters of union with Greece. 
 
 ___ 
 
 1 p.m. 
 
 The head of the Turkish community in Germany is condemning the coup attempt in his homeland but says the government should take it as an opportunity to open dialogue with opponents. 
 
 Gokay Sofuoglu was quoted Saturday by the Koelner Stadt-Anzeiger newspaper as saying it was significant that "all parties, even though they usually argue, unanimously rejected the coup." 
 
 "The government would be well-advised to see this as a chance to talk with others," Sofuoglu said. "Because the parties have not talked with one another for a long time." 
 
 Germany is home to about 3 million Turks or people of Turkish origin, and thousands took to the streets in Berlin and elsewhere late Friday to protest the coup. 
 
 Meanwhile, countries are condemning the coup and expressing support for Turkey's government, including Afghanistan, Albania and Kosovo. 
 
 ___ 
 
 12:35 p.m. 
 
 Turkish Prime Minister Benali Yildirim says 161 people were killed in the country's overnight military coup attempt. He says another more than 1,400 people were wounded in the chaos. More than 2,800 people have been detained. 
 
 He described the night as a "dark stain for Turkish democracy" and pinned blame for the coup on the "parallel terrorist organization." 
 
 That term is used by authorities to describe the movement of U.S.-based Islamist cleric Fethullah Gulen. 
 
 "They will receive every punishment they deserve," the prime minister said, noting the perpetrators were now in the hands of the justice system. 
 
 ___ 
 
 12:30 p.m. 
 
 Georgia has ordered its border with Turkey closed amid the instability from a military coup attempt. 
 
 Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili said the country's security council on Saturday discussed "threats that might arise to Georgia" from the situation and said both land and air borders had been closed. 
 
 The former Soviet republic shares a 252-kilometer (152-mile) border with Turkey. 
 
 ___ 
 
 12:25 p.m. 
 
 Turkey's Anadolu Agency reports that authorities have issued an alarm to border gates and airports upon being informed that prominent members of the Gulen Movement, including journalists, might flee the country following the overnight attempted military coup. 
 
 The report says authorities discovered the plans after lists were found detailing the commanders and their deputies to be put in charge during the period of martial law if the coup had succeeded. 
 
 Turkey's acting chief of the general staff, Gen. Umit Dundar, said Saturday that the military is determined to purge members of the movement of Fethullah Gulen, a Muslim cleric living in exile in Pennsylvania, from the ranks. 
 
 ___ 
 
 12:10 p.m. 
 
 Countries are lining up to condemn the overnight military coup attempt in Turkey. 
 
 Spain's acting foreign minister, Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo, tells Spanish national television that his government completely supports the Turkish government headed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. 
 
 He says "we condemn all coups without reservation." 
 
 And the Gulf nation of Qatar, which has close ties to Erdogan's government, said it supports all legal measures Turkey's government takes to maintain security and stability. 
 
 The official Qatar News Agency reported Saturday that the ruling emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, has spoken with Erdogan by phone to express Qatar's support. 
 
 ___ 
 
 11:55 a.m. 
 
 Turkey's Anadolu Agency is reporting that soldiers who have taken over the Chief of General Staff Headquarters as part of an attempted coup have requested negotiations to surrender. 
 
 According to a Turkish official at the presidency, that is the last base the coup supporters hold. 
 
 Turkey has announced that more than 1,500 soldiers have been arrested in the coup attempt overnight. 
 
 ___ 
 
 11:50 a.m. 
 
 German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is condemning the coup attempt in Turkey, calling on all parties to respect democratic order and avoid further bloodshed. 
 
 Steinmeier said in a statement Saturday that Germany is "deeply concerned" about the developments overnight. 
 
 He says he condemns "any attempts to change the democratic order in Turkey by force." 
 
 ___ 
 
 11:45 a.m. 
 
 British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson says he has spoken to his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu, to underline support for Turkey's "democratic elected government and institutions" after an overnight coup attempt. 
 
 The Foreign Office is advising Britons in Turkey to "stay indoors, avoid public places, in particular demonstrations, and remain vigilant." 
 
 It says "the situation now appears quieter in Istanbul, and the bridges across the Bosphorus are reopening. But there are reports of tank fire and small arms fire in Ankara." 
 
 British Airways says it is canceling all flights to and from Turkey on Saturday, but budget airline easyJet says it plans to run its scheduled flights, largely to Turkish resort towns. 
 
 ___ 
 
 11:30 a.m. 
 
 Turkey's acting chief of the general staff says 1,563 soldiers have been arrested in the attempted military coup overnight. 
 
 The newly appointed Gen. Umit Dundar says those who took part in the betrayal will not go unpunished. 
 
 He says those who "sided with democracy and the rule of law" thwarted the attempt. 
 
 Dundar says Turkey's military is determined to purge members of the movement of Fethullah Gulen, a Muslim cleric who is living in exile in Pennsylvania, from the ranks. 
 
 "Our people should have no concern, that the era of coups and juntas have come to a close, never to be opened again," Dundar says. 
 
 ___ 
 
 11:20 
 
 Gen. Umit Dundar, the newly appointed acting chief of the general staff, said more than 190 people died in clashes: 41 police officers, two soldiers, 47 civilians and 104 people described as "coup plotters." 
 
 Dundar said officers from the Air Force, the military police and the armored units were mainly involved in the attempt. 
 
 ___ 
 
 10:45 a.m. 
 
 Iran says the attempted military coup in Turkey was "doomed to fail." 
 
 Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was quoted by the official IRNA news agency as praising the "brave defense by the people of Turkey of their democracy and elected government." 
 
 Zarif said the events in neighboring Turkey prove "that coup d'etat has no place and is doomed to fail in our region." 
 
 And Pakistan has condemned the coup attempt, with an aide to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif saying in a statement that Pakistan "hopes that peace and normalcy will be restored." 
 
 Pakistan's main political parties have also praised the people of Turkey for foiling the coup. 
 
 ___ 
 
 10:35 a.m. 
 
 The exiled Syrian opposition has congratulated the Turkish people for halting an attempted military coup. 
 
 The Turkey-based Syrian National Coalition says in a statement that Turkey has protected its democratic institutions "in the face of dark and desperate attempts that sought to take control of the popular will." 
 
 It says the Turkish people value democracy and "will not let a group of putschists take it away in a desperate attempt to restore military rule." 
 
 Turkey has been one of the main backers of the uprising against Syrian President Bashar Assad and is hosting some 2.7 million Syrian refugees. 
 
 ___ 
 
 10:05 a.m. 
 
 Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, is seeking to contact his Turkish counterpart Saturday morning from Kabul, Afghanistan. 
 
 That's according to Dunford's spokesman, Navy Capt. Gregory Hicks. 
 
 Dunford is in Afghanistan to meet with U.S. and Afghan troops and commanders. He compressed his schedule Saturday in order to be available for consultations with Washington about the situation in Turkey, which has troops in Afghanistan as part of the U.S.-led coalition. 
 
 ___ 
 
 10 a.m. 
 
 Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency has raised the number of dead in the attempted coup to some 90 with 1,154 wounded. 
 
 ___ 
 
 9:45 a.m. 
 
 Turkey's state-run news agency says some 200 unarmed soldiers have left Turkey's military headquarters in the capital Ankara and have surrendered to police. 
 
 It isn't immediately clear if those 200 are among 1,563 military personnel who have been reported detained across Turkey as the government cracks down on the attempted coup. 
 
 At least 60 people, most of them civilians, have been killed in violence. 
 
 ___ 
 
 9:40 a.m. 
 
 A senior Turkish official says a total of 1,563 military personnel have been detained across Turkey as the government cracks down on the attempted coup. 
 
 The official says most of those arrested lower ranks. 
 
 The official was communicating with the media on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation. 
 
 ___ 
 
 8:35 a.m. 
 
 Turkey's state-run news agency says military chief of staff Gen. Hulusi Akar has been rescued in an operation launched at an air base in the outskirts of Ankara. 
 
 Anadolu Agency says the general is being taken to a safe location. 
 
 Broadcaster CNN-Turk said that Akar was taken hostage at military headquarters in Ankara and transported by helicopter to Akincilar Air Base. 
 
 CNN-Turk says Akar would now take over the command of the operation against the coup plotters. 
 
 ___ 
 
 8:20 a.m. 
 
 Turkey's Police Chief Celalettin Lekesiz says 16 coup plotters have been killed in clashes at Turkey's military police command. 
 
 In comments carried by the state-run Anadolu Agency Saturday, Lekesiz says 250 others have been arrested. He says clashes at the command are continuing but "are about to come to an end." 
 
 The report says Gen. Memduh Hakbilen, the chief of staff of Turkey's command for the Aegean region, is among those arrested. 
 
 ___ 
 
 7:45 a.m. 
 
 State-run Anadolu Agency is reporting 754 members of the armed forces have been detained across Turkey in the wake of the attempted coup. 
 
 Anadolu says that at the Etimesgut armored units training command, in the outskirts of Ankara, some soldiers who took part in the coup attempt were arrested by fellow officers or soldiers and handed over to police. 
 
 Even as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the coup is being crushed and arrests made, it is not clear who is in control of military headquarters in Ankara. Erdogan has not left the Istanbul airport as dawn broke Saturday. 
 
 ___ 
 
 7:15 a.m. 
 
 An official in the president's office says at least 60 people have been killed in the attempted coup. 
 
 The official also says 336 people, most of them soldiers, have been arrested across Turkey. Most of the dead are civilians. 
 
 The official spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak to the media. 
 
 Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag, quoted by state-run Anadolu Agency, says security forces have "achieved results in many places" and defeated coup plotters. That includes the National Intelligence Agency, police and government buildings. 
 
 He says: "There is nowhere they have they have proper control. God willing they will be defeated in the remaining areas and those in the air will be brought down." 
 
 ___ 
 
 7 a.m. 
 
 CNN-Turk is quoting Prime Minister Binali Yildirim as saying that commander of Turkey's 1st Army, Gen. Umit Dundar, has been appointed acting chief of military staff. 
 
 Earlier President Erdogan said he had no information concerning Chief of Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar, who was reportedly taken hostage at the military headquarters by coup plotters. 
 
 ___ 
 
 6:50 a.m. 
 
 CNN-Turk is showing images of dozens of soldiers giving themselves up to government forces on Istanbul's Bosporus Bridge. 
 
 They're walking among tanks with their hands held up. 
 
 ___ 
 
 6:45 a.m. 
 
 Turkey's state-run news agency says a military helicopter used by coup plotters has been shot down. 
 
 The Anadolu Agency says Saturday the helicopter was brought down in the Golbasi district, in the outskirts of Ankara. 
 
 The report says the helicopter was used to attack Turkey's satellite station Turksat. 
 
 ___ 
 
 6:40 a.m. 
 
 President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has addressed thousands of flag-waving supporters outside Istanbul's Ataturk Airport and tells them he is charge and coup won't succeed. 
 
 Erdogan says: "They have pointed the people's guns against the people. The president, whom 52 percent of the people brought to power, is in charge. This government brought to power by the people, is in charge. They won't succeed as long as we stand against them by risking everything." 
 
 ___ 
 
 6:30 a.m. 
 
 European Council President Donald Tusk says the EU fully supports Turkey's democratically elected government, in the wake of the attempted coup that left scores dead and wounded. 
 
 Speaking in Mongolia at the Asia-Europe summit meeting, Tusk says "Turkey is a key partner for the European Union. The EU fully supports the democratically elected government, the institutions of the country and the rule of law." 
 
 He also called for a swift return to Turkey's constitutional order. 
 
 ___ 
 
 6:10 a.m. 
 
 Turkish broadcaster CNN-Turk is back on air after police apparently entered the building and arrested soldiers who had taken it over. CNN-Turk showed police taking away a soldier with his hands bound behind his back with wire. 
 
 The station also showed the moment five soldiers, who appeared to be conscripts, enter the building brandishing machine guns and telling employees to vacate the building. 
 
 ___ 
 
 5:50 a.m. 
 
 State-run Anadolu Agency says Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has called all legislators for an emergency meeting on Saturday. 
 
 Parliament Speaker Ismail Kahraman earlier said that a bomb hit one corner of a public relations building inside the parliament complex, injuring some police officers. 
 
 He said there were no fatalities and that all legislators were safe at a parliamentary shelter. 
 
 Troops loyal to the government are moving to crush the coup attempt, arresting some 130 anti-government forces. A helicopter was flying over the area where the parliament is located and shots were being fired. 
 
 A source at the presidency told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity that 13 military officers who had earlier tried to forcibly enter the presidential palace were among those arrested. 
 
 ___ 
 
 5:30 a.m. 
 
 NTV television is quoting the prosecutor's office in Ankara saying at least 42 people have been killed in "attacks" in the capital. 
 
 According to Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, the number of soldiers who were arrested in the coup plot has increased to 130. 
 
 President Recep Tayyip Erdogan earlier said that the coup plot will fail. 
 
 ___ 
 
 5:10 a.m. 
 
 Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, speaking to state-run Anadolu Agency, says more than 120 people have been arrested in a coup plot. 
 
 He says: "Things are getting better every minute." 
 
 Yildirim called on people to remain in the streets to support the government against coup plotters and appealed for patience. 
 
 He says a few air force planes flown by coup plotters still remain in the air. He has earlier ordered those aircraft shot down. 
 
 ___ 
 
 5 a.m. 
 
 A lawyer for the Turkish government says "there are indications of direct involvement" in the coup attempt of a cleric who is living in exile in Pennsylvania. 
 
 Robert Amsterdam said in a statement Friday evening that he and his firm "have attempted repeatedly to warn the U.S. government of the threat posed" by Fethullah Gulen and his movement. 
 
 He says that according to Turkish intelligence sources, "there are signs that Gulen is working closely with certain members of military leadership against the elected civilian government." 
 
 The president of a group that promotes Gulen's ideas denied the charges. 
 
 Y. Alp Aslandogan of the New York-based Alliance for Shared Values tells The Associated Press "we categorically deny such accusations and find them to be highly irresponsible." 
 
 Earlier in the evening, the alliance said, "we condemn any military intervention in (the) domestic politics of Turkey." 
 
 ___ 
 
 4:40 a.m. 
 
 President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his general secretary was abducted by coup makers and there is no information on the chief of the military staff. 
 
 Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, speaking on NTV, says he has ordered the "annihilitation" of military planes used by coup plotters. He says military jets have taken off from an air base in Eskisehir, east of Ankara. 
 
 According to transcripts of the president's remarks provided by his office, Erdogan said that he arrived in Istanbul from the holiday resort of Marmaris, which was also been bombed after he left there. 
 
 He says: "Those who drive around in tanks will have to go back to where they came from. ... The most important thing right now is that millions of Turkish citizens are on the streets at 4.30 a.m." 
 
 He says coup makers "are a minority within the military." 
 
 According to Erdogan, "Turkey has a democratically elected government and president. We are in charge and we will continue exercising our powers until the end. We will not abandon our country to these invaders. It will end well."
– New York Knicks center Enes Kanter took news that prosecutors in Turkey want to imprison him about as well as a person could. "Four years? That's it?" he said on Wednesday, per the New York Times. "For all of the trash I've been talking?" Turkish media reported earlier Wednesday that the "fugitive" would be tried in absentia on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with prosecutors seeking four years in prison, reports Hurriyet Daily News. Kanter—who was born to Turkish parents in Switzerland and grew up in Turkey before moving to the US—is a vocal supporter of US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, who's been blamed for last year's failed military coup in Turkey, reports ESPN. He continued to bash the leader Wednesday, telling reporters he's a "maniac." "I'm just trying to be the voice of all of these innocent people," said Kanter, who hasn't visited Turkey in years, per the Times. "Journalists, innocent people in jail getting tortured and killed and kidnapped. And it's pretty messed up." The first sign of Turkey's displeasure at his comments came in May, when Kanter's Turkish passport was canceled. He was temporarily detained in Romania before US officials intervened. Kanter has said his family home in Turkey was also raided. The New York Daily News reports Kanter's father publicly disowned him while apologizing to Erdogan in August. The charges now laid against Kanter are "just nothing to me, man, because I'm in America. I'm good," Kanter said. "It's a free country. But it's not like that in Turkey." Acknowledging laws banning criticism of Erdogan, he added, "They can do whatever they want to do."