South African journalist safe after facing Turkish coup soldiers

Johannesburg - A South African woman working as a producer at Turkish broadcaster TRT says soldiers who attempted to carry out a coup d’état entered their offices and demanded their cellphones at gunpoint.

“They took over the TRT World offices and via gunpoint demanded the mobile phones of staff… My colleagues and I are safe and have been sent home until further notice,” Mishka Daries wrote on a Facebook published just before 00:00.
She said she could hear the athaan (Islamic call to prayer) and the takbir (proclamation of Allah hu Akbar - God is the greatest) echoing from all the mosques.

“The Presidency of the Religious Authority in Turkey has instructed imams, muftis and other officials to read the athaan and protest the attempted coup.
“Millions of people have taken to the streets all over Turkey with car hooters sounding as well as chanting from all corners,” she said.

Source :News 24