HOW MILITARY COUP ATTEMPT HAS UNFOLDED IN TURKEY (LOCAL TIME - SEVEN HOURS BEHIND AEST)
2229 Friday - Istanbul's Bosphorus Bridge and Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge are both closed. Dogan News Agency footage shows cars and buses being diverted.
2250 - Gunshots are heard in Ankara, military jets and helicopters seen flying overhead. Helicopters seen overhead in Istanbul.
2302 - Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says attempted coup under way, calls for calm. He says a group within Turkey's military has attempted to overthrow the government and security forces have been called in to "do what is necessary".
2325 - Turkish military says has taken power to protect democratic order. In a statement sent by email and reported on Turkish TV channels, the military says all of Turkey's existing foreign relations will be maintained.
2338 - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan is safe, reports CNN Turk.
2347 - Turkish chief of military staff among hostages taken at military headquarters in Ankara, says state-run Anadolu agency.
2349 - Turkish presidential source says statement made on behalf of armed forces was not authorised by military command.
2357 - Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other social media restricted in Turkey, say internet monitoring groups.
0002 Saturday - Head of Istanbul branch of Turkey's ruling AK Party says soldiers enter party building, told to go.
0005 - Turkish state broadcaster says reading statement on the orders of the military - that new constitution will be prepared, accuses government of eroding democratic and secular rule of law, that the country is being run by a "peace council", that martial law imposed, curfew imposed across the country.
0018 - Presidential source says president and government are still in power.
0022 - Turkish PM says on Twitter everything will be done to put down coup attempt, even if it means fatalities.
0026 - Erdogan urges people to take to the streets to protest against what he describes as a coup attempt by a minority faction within the military.
0035 - Turkish state broadcaster TRT goes off air, but later starts broadcasting from London.
0051 - A military helicopter opens fire over the Turkish capital Ankara, witnesses report an explosion in the capital.
0103 - Turkish justice minister says members of a movement loyal to US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen in the army are behind the attempted coup.
0108 - Tanks surround Turkish parliament building, open fire. Gunfire heard at Istanbul airport.
0126 - Two loud explosions heard in centre of Turkish capital
0137 - Commander of Turkey's First Army, part of land forces responsible for Istanbul and other western areas, said those attempting a coup were a small faction and "nothing to worry about".
0147 - PM says gangs and illegal formations are behind coup attempt, and calls it a terrorist act.
0151 - Commander of special forces says a group has engaged in treason, they will not succeed.
0159 - Turkish fighter jet shoots down military helicopter used by coup-plotters over Ankara, broadcaster NTV says.
0204 - State-run Anadolu Agency says 17 police killed at Ankara special forces HQ
0213 - Group close to cleric Gulen says accusations it was involved in coup attempt are "highly irresponsible". Condemns military intervention in Turkish politics.
0239 - Bomb hits parliament in Ankara, state-run Anadolu Agency says.
0252 - Turkish PM says situation under control, declares no-fly zone over Ankara.
0327 - Two more explosions hit parliament; member of parliament reached by telephone says lawmakers are hiding in shelters at the parliament.
0345 - Turkish private broadcaster CNN Turk halts live news broadcast, presenter says soldiers entered studio control room.
0345 - Around 30 soldiers, part of faction attempting to carry out a military coup, surrender weapons after being surrounded by armed police in Istanbul's central Taksim square.
0400 - Erdogan appears among supporters at Istanbul airport, says uprising has been attempted against solidarity and unity of country; says no power is above national will.
