EasyJet says it will continue to operate flights scheduled to Turkish airports on the advice of British authorities.

The budget carrier flies from the UK to Antalya, Bodrum, Dalaman and Ismir in Turkey.

The decision to fly "will be kept under continuous review", it said.

British Airways, however, says it has cancelled all flights to and from Turkey today and BA675 departing from Istanbul on Sunday 17 July.

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Here's a summary of the latest developments after an attempted coup by sections of the military in Turkey unfolded overnight, with at least 90 people left dead.

• President Erdogan has declared his government is back in control of the country after calling on people to take to the streets to oppose the uprising

• Hundreds of soldiers are said to have surrendered to police, with more than 1,500 military personnel detained
• Turkish MPs are holding an extraordinary meeting in parliament to discuss the night's dramatic events
• Mr Erdogan has said those involved in the coup will "pay a heavy price"
• Exiled Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen denied he was behind the coup after accusations from Mr Erdogan
• A curfew is currently in place but does not appear to be strictly enforced

• The coup attempt saw tanks deployed on key bridges across the Bosphorus, flights in and out of the country cancelled and TV stations taken off the air
• A military statement said it had taken power "to reinstall the constitutional order, democracy, human rights and freedoms, to ensure that the rule of law once again reigns in the country, for law and order to be reinstated"
• F-16 fighter jets are reported to have bombed tanks positioned by coup backers near the presidential palace in Ankara. The parliament was also damaged by bombing
• Troops opened fire on anti-coup protesters in Istanbul and explosions were also heard in that city

• The army's top general, Hulusi Akar, who had reportedly been taken hostage during the coup attempt, was rescued a few hours ago by security forces near Ankara
• US president Barack Obama and other world leaders have pledged support for the democratically elected government

New UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson says he has spoken to his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu, following the attempted military coup. 

Journalist Alev Scott, who is in Turkey, tweeted a text message she says she has received from President Erdogan urging her to support the Turkish state against the attempted coup. 

She told the BBC there was a "sense of relief" that the coup appeared to have failed. 

Ankara-based photojournalist Piero Castellano tells the BBC that Turks surged onto the streets after President Erdogan appeared on TV to appeal for public support on Friday night. 

"People rushed to the main square, to rush to the tanks and the armoured carriers - it was a bloodbath," he said. 

"It was unexpected. There is a very strong link, or maybe there was until last night, there was a very strong link between the Turkish people and their military. 

"So people were shocked when the military actually fired on the crowd."

The number of dead as a result of the coup attempt has risen to 90, the state-run Anadolu Agency reports, with 1,154 wounded.

It had earlier been reported that 60 people had died during overnight clashes, including many civilians.

Since then Turkey's police chief has said at least 16 "coup plotters" have been killed in clashes at the country's military police command.

The Anadolu Agency also reports that some 200 unarmed soldiers at the Turkish military headquarters have "surrendered" to police. 

Fethullah Gulen, the exiled Muslim cleric whom President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused of plotting against him, has condemned the coup attempt and denied any role in it.

"I condemn, in the strongest terms, the attempted military coup in Turkey," he said in an emailed statement reported by The New York Times., external "Government should be won through a process of free and fair elections, not force."

“I pray to God for Turkey, for Turkish citizens and for all those currently in Turkey that this situation is resolved peacefully and quickly,” he added. “As someone who suffered under multiple military coups during the past five decades, it is especially insulting to be accused of having any link to such an attempt. I categorically deny such accusations.”

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A total of 1,563 military personnel have been detained across Turkey, the AFP news agency now reports, citing a government official. The BBC cannot confirm this number.

It had earlier been reported that 754 members of the armed forces had been arrested for involvement in the coup, with 29 colonels and five generals removed from their posts.

Reports also cited the police chief as saying that 16 "coup plotters" had been killed in clashes at the military police command, with 250 people detained there. 

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Mr Erdogan, 61, came to power in 2002, a year after the formation of the AK Party. He spent 11 years as Turkey's prime minister before becoming the country's first directly-elected president in August 2014.

Mr Erdogan and his party have strong support from Turkey's conservative Muslim base but he has faced criticism from outside the country over his silencing of critics, often by force.

Read our full profile of the Turkish leader.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan: Turkey's ruthless president

Michael Rubin, a Turkey researcher, analyses the reasons for the attempted coup in an article for Foreign Policy.  

He writes:

"Was a coup inevitable? No. But those plotting it presumably believed they were saving Turkey from an increasingly out-of-touch and ideological leadership. Erdogan promised to rule on behalf of all Turks, but increasingly he does not. 

"He promised to repair the economy, but corruption is rife, the currency shaky, and a recession could be on the horizon. He promised peace, but his combative policies isolated Turkey in the Middle East and estranged it from the West. 

"He promised security, but Turks fear recent bombings are just the tip of the iceberg. At the same time, the coup plotters may believe that Erdoğan’s continual consolidation of power made this their last chance."

Fadi Hakura from the Royal Institute of International Affairs tells the BBC that President Erdogan has decisively crushed the coup attempt. But he says the fact that it has taken place at all shows the country is increasingly unstable, beset with political uncertainty and more and more exposed to the schisms affecting Middle East countries.    

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A curfew is in place but it is not being "strictly enforced", according to BBC correspondent Katy Watson.

She says "people are slowly coming out onto the streets", that shops have started opening and that some cars and taxis are driving around. Earlier this morning in Istanbul, she says, the streets were completely empty. 

Katy adds: "At the moment the government says they have the situation under control but there will be an extraordinary parliamentary meeting later in Ankara."

Clashes at the paramilitary headquarters, while continuing, are "about to come to an end", Turkey's police chief says.

The coup attempt is deeply damaging for President Erdogan who will struggle now to reassert his authority, Michael Stephens, Research Fellow for Middle East Studies at the Royal United Services Institute tells the BBC.

At one point during the attempt, Mr Erdogan's whereabouts were unknown, Mr Steohens says, adding to the impression that he was not fully in control of his country.

The coup reflects deep frustration in Turkey over Mr Erdogan's apparent disdain for the constitution and his efforts to create an executive presidency, Mr Stephens says.

Turkey's police chief says 16 "coup plotters" have been killed in clashes at the "paramilitary headquarters" and a further 250 detained, the state-run Anadolu Agency reports.

CNN-Turk are now reporting that the army's top general and military chief of staff,  Hulusi Akar, has been rescued by security forces at an air base northwest of Ankara, the capital.

It had earlier been reported that he had been taken hostage during the coup attempt.

More pictures are emerging from Istanbul in Turkey, where the government says it is back in charge after an attempted coup.

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