Bosphorus bridge, which links the city's European and Asian sides, is pictured in Istanbul, Turkey, July 15, 2016.
PHOTO: REUTERS
"The traffic for transit vessels is back to normal ... along with non-dangerous cargo carriers," the shipping agent said in an e-mail.
State broadcaster TRT said the military had declared martial law and a curfew, in a statement signed by a group calling itself the ‘Council for Peace in the Homeland’.
Turkish war ship seized in Golcuk naval base
The military has a history of mounting coups to defend secular principles, but has not seized power directly since 1980
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