By — PBS News Hour PBS News Hour Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/turkish-military-says-toppled-erdogan-taken-control-country Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript Audio The Turkish military says it has carried out a coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, but just how much support it has was in question. Coup leaders cited Erdogan’s autocratic rule and the growing terrorism in the NATO member state and said a peace council will restore democracy. Judy Woodruff talks to Simin Demokan of Bloomberg News and Steven Cook from the Council on Foreign Relations. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. Listen to this Segment Watch Watch the Full Episode PBS NewsHour from Jul 15, 2016 By — PBS News Hour PBS News Hour