Also read:Explosions, gunfire, air battle: All you need to know about Turkey military coup attemptWho is Fethullah Gulen, the cleric being blamed for Turkey coup attempt "I condemn, in the strongest terms, the attempted military coup in Turkey," he said in an emailed statement. Erdogan, who has returned to Istanbul and declared he was in control of the government, has blamed the coup attempt on the followers of Gulen. Fethullah Gulen, a Muslim cleric who lives in exile in the US state of Pennsylvania and who once was an ally of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has condemned the ateempted military coup attempt and denied any involvement in it. Erdogan, speaking at Istanbul Ataturk Airport on early Saturday, said that a coup attempt by members of the armed forces loyal to his rival Gulen, amounted to "treason".

Source: India Today July 16, 2016 05:26 UTC