FOCUS Turkey's media reels after 'nightmare' of coup

ANKARA: Forced at gunpoint to read a statement by coup plotters and raided by rebel military forces, Turkey's media organizations were bruised by the drama of a coup but also played a role in ensuring it did not succeed.

A presenter with state-run TRT television had to read a statement late Friday from a group called "the Council for Peace in the Homeland," which claimed to have superseded the regular Turkish armed forces and to have taken control in the country.