Turkey coup: military attempt to seize power from Erdogan as low flying jets and gunfire heard in Ankara and bridges across Bosphorus in Istanbul closed

Here is another update from Gabriel Turner, 23, a management consultant on holiday in Istanbul (also quoted below from earlier this evening):

Speaking from his hostel in Istanbul, Gabriel Turner, 23, from north London told The Telegraph that "everyone is on edge" as army jets circled the sky above the city:

    Once we heard the military were taking over we thought we'd better get back to the hostel.

    The streets were crazy, all the cars were going at about 100 miles per hour. It is so chaotic.

    Everyone is on edge. No one knows whether to trust the police and whose side they are on. I've been told to stay away from government buildings.

    Everyone was running and shouting, trying to hitchhike because everything had stopped, there was no public transport.

    We hit hiked for about three miles - there were 12 of us crammed in the back of a car.

    When we were on the way back, some boys said 'stop there's tear gas'. We decided to continue as it was the only way to get back to the hostel but I could smell something acidic in the air.
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