Special operation troops are deployed in strategic locations of the city while military hardware is arriving to the city, Anadolu agency said.
The emergency provisions are underway in response to at least three helicopters flying over Istanbul that have been
hijacked away from the Erdogan government.
As "Sputnik News" reported earlier, there are at least 42 helicopters that have gone missing in
the aftermath of the coup which left many to expect that a second attempt at an overthrow of the Erdogan government was imminent.
The Erdogan government has responded by dispatching F-16s to command the airspace and assembling 2000 police officers
who are ordered to shoot down the renegade helicopters without warning.
Emergency measures have been taken in Turkey’s Istanbul, as 1,800 additional police troops were deployed in the city
and ordered to shoot down helicopters without prior warning, local media reported on Monday, citing a police source.