Also extended patrols by fighter jets of the Turkish air force in the sky over Istanbul and Ankara.
Military helicopters, based in Istanbul, it is forbidden to fly over the city. The corresponding order gave the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday, July 18. This is reported by Western media, citing sources in the Turkish government.
In addition, the Turkish authorities have extended the validity of the operation in which fighter jets of the Turkish air force patrolled the skies over Istanbul and Ankara.
The pilots of the aircraft, according to media reports, in particular, was ordered to shoot down any military helicopter is seen over Istanbul. The publication noted that the participants in an unsuccessful military coup last week, just actively used the helicopters.
