The rebels did not manage to eliminate Erdogan

President of Turkey whom the rebels did not manage to kill during the military coup, said  on arrival at Istanbul airport at a briefing on the events of the previous night that the day before in the ranks of the Turkish armed forces and there was a revival  in the  armed forces, and some militants acted  by the orders  of Fatullah Gulen, whose followers were able to infiltrate into the army, the police and other agencies. There are some  positive sides of this event. The ranks of the Turkish Armed Forces will be cleared from the supporters of terrorists," he said. Speaking of himself, Erdogan noted that at the time of the coup  he was at the hotel in Marmaris. "Immediately after my departure from the hotel,  the hotel was subjected to airstrike, just to the places where I was. Following this, military heavy machinery military in masks descended from helicopters and surrounded the hotel. During the clashes  were injured five police officers were injured. It is possible, they thought that we all were  there, and probably could not keep track of our flight to Istanbul," he said. "The same thing happened with regard to the National Intelligence Service, the administration head of state, head of government. They took hostage  my  Secretary General and head of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces," said the head of state. He also said that rebel’s fighters F-16 circled over the airport "Ataturk", not allowing to fly civilian aircraft, and tried to prevent his arrival in Istanbul. -02D-