Turkey coup attempt: Over 6,000 held

Images circulating widely in mainstream Turkish media show Akin Ozturk, a four star general and former commander of the Turkish air force, in police custody in Ankara. In this image he has a white bandage over his right ear.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's crackdown on alleged coup plotters continued Sunday as the number of those detained by the government topped 6,000.

Ozturk also appears in another picture, which shows some of the 27 men accused by the Erdogan government of having led Friday's failed coup in Turkey.

Photographs surfaced on social media of apparent mass detentions, including one showing dozens of people kneeling down in a large stable in Ankara, apparently stripped to the waist.

People kick and beat a Turkish soldier who participated in the attempted coup, on Istanbul's Bosporus Bridge. Government officials said the coup appeared to have failed as Turks took to the streets overnight to confront troops attempting to take over the country.

Elsewhere, others circulating widely in mainstream Turkish media show Akin Ozturk, a four star general and former commander of the Turkish air force. 

People gather outside the Turkish Parliament in Ankara during an extraordinary session after the failed coup attempt.

The pictures show him in police custody in Ankara. One image shows him wearing a bandage over one ear; another reveals bruising on his neck. 

Members of the Turkish military surrender on Istanbul's Bosphorus Bridge on after a failed coup attempt.

A photo showing a mass detention in Ankara, where dozens of detainees were forced to kneel, partially stripped.

Another photo shows him alongside 26 others accused by Erdogan as leading the failed coup attempt. 

Citizens in Sivas rush to the streets during the chaotic coup attempt.

The 6,000 arrests include senior aides and senior members of the military. Arrests will continue, according to Turkey's foreign ministry.

The arrests include Gen. Bekir Ercan Van, commander of the Incirlik Air Base, according to the Turkish President's office.

 The United States uses the airbase to launch airstrikes on ISIS in Syria and Iraq.

 An "order of detention" for Col. Ali Yazici, a senior military aide to Erdogan, has also been issued, according to Anadolu.

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The Ankara Bar Association is expected to provide lawyers for the defense of the men during a scheduled appearance at a court in Ankara Monday. So far the lawyers say they have had no access to the men and will not be able to meet any new detainees rounded up as alleged coup plotters. 

The 27 men already held will not be allowed to see their lawyers until they are in court tomorrow. The president was due to address a crowd in Ankara, the country's capital, early Monday.

Thousands of soldiers have been arrested and hundreds of judiciary members removed since Friday's uprising, which left at least 290 people dead and more than 1,400 injured in a chaotic night of violence. 

Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has vowed that the plotters "will pay a heavy price." Erdogan said that he will remove the "viruses" from all state institutions.