The American Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) demanded that the Russian team be suspended from the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in connection with a doping scandal. This is stated in a letter from the head of USADA, Travis Tygart, addressed to the head of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach. Excerpts from the letter are given by the R-Sport and TASS agencies . Tygart asks the IOC to remove both the Olympic and Paralympic Committees of Russia.

Photo: Alkis Konstantinidis / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta a rally of supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Taxim Square in Istanbul, July 16, 2016. On the night of July 16, a military coup attempt in the country. The rebellion was suppressed. On suspicion of involvement in a coup attempt, more than 2.8 thousand troops and several hundred judges were arrested.

The voice recorders of the EgyptAir plane that crashed over the Mediterranean in May recorded the word "fire." This was reported by Egyptian investigators who are deciphering the "black boxes". Deciphering the flight recorders had previously shown that the aircraft's internal systems had detected smoke. In addition, traces of soot were found on the wreckage. Investigators note that it is still too early to talk about the causes of the fire and the place where the fire started on board.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on US President Barack Obama to extradite Fethullah Gülen. This is reported by the Daily Sabah. The Turkish authorities call Fethullah Gülen the ideologue of the rebellion. According to the Guardian, Erdogan also added that if the US and Turkey are truly strategic partners, Obama should help Turkey apprehend Gülen. Erdogan demanded the extradition of Gulen during a speech to a crowd that demanded the death penalty for the rebels.

Interview of the Turkologist Pavel Shlykov, who predicted a military coup in Turkey Photo: Tumay Berkin / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on a former armored vehicle of the rebels. Ankara. July 16, 2016. On the night of July 16, a military group captured military helicopters, planes and tanks and tried to carry out a coup in Turkey. The clashes lasted all night, by morning the rebellion was crushed.

All the officers who were held hostage by the rebels have been released. This was stated by Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Yshyk on live TV, reports the Daily Sabah. The situation in the country is completely under the control of the authorities, he stressed. Earlier, the media, citing sources in the Greek Ministry of Defense, reported that the rebels had seized the frigate of the Turkish Navy and taken hostage the commander of the country's Navy. Later this information was not confirmed.

What do local media write about the rebellion in Turkey Photo: Burhan Ozbilici / AP / Scanpix / Leta meetings of the Turkish parliament. Ankara, July 16. On the night of July 16, a military group tried to conduct a coup in Turkey. They blocked two bridges through the Bosphorus Strait and, with the help of tanks and military aviation, tried to take control of key points in Ankara and Istanbul. By morning, the army units loyal to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan suppressed the rebellion.

Photo: Murad Sezer / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Police Uses Vodoetes on the Bosphorus in Istanbul On the morning of July 16, it became finally clear that the attempt of a military coup in Turkey failed. Medusa tells the main thing that happened after the night of armed clashes in Ankara and in Istanbul. The name of the possible leader of the rebels is named. According to the Anadolu news agency, this is Colonel Mukharrem Kose. Little is known about him.

One of the main organizers of the military coup attempt in Turkey, the former commander-in-chief of the Air Force Akin Ozturk, was arrested. This was reported by the Turkish newspaper Daily Sabah, citing a statement by the country's Interior Ministry. Ozturk, who commanded the Air Force from 2013 to 2015, was taken into custody in Ankara.

Access to the Incirlik air base in southern Turkey, which is shared between the Turkish and US air forces, has been unlocked. This was reported by the Turkish newspaper Daily Sabah, citing the consular service of the US Embassy in Ankara. Entry and exit from Incirlik base was blocked earlier on July 16. The power supply to the base was also reported to have been cut off.

Mohamed Bulel, who carried out the attack in Nice, had mental problems and visited specialists of the relevant profile, his sister Rabeb told Reuters. According to her, Bulel regularly saw doctors until he left Tunisia for France in 2005. Documents confirming this, she said, the family handed over to the police.

Aeroflot will send two planes to Istanbul and Antalya to evacuate Russians. As the representative of the airline told Interfax, on the evening of July 17, flight SU2134 "without citizens of the Russian Federation on board" will depart for Istanbul. “On the morning of July 18, flight SU2142 will be made to Antalya, the plane will also leave without passengers to pick up Russian citizens,” he said.

Access to the Incirlik air base in southern Turkey, which is shared between the Turkish and US air forces, has been blocked. Electricity was cut off at the base, the Turkish newspaper Daily Sabah reports, citing sources. American planes are stationed at the Incirlik base, participating in the operation against the "Islamic State" (in the Russian Federation, the organization is recognized as a terrorist organization and banned).

Monologues of Turkish residents who did not believe in the official version of the reasons for the coup Photo: OZAN KOSE / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Bridge across the Bosphorus Stambul in the morning after trying to rebellion on July 16, 2016 On the night of July 16 in Turkey, an attempt was committed by a coup. By morning, the rebellion was suppressed. Over the night in Ankara and Istanbul, more than 200 people died, more than 2800 was arrested.

In Turkey, 2,745 judges have been suspended in connection with a failed coup attempt. This decision was taken by the Higher Council of Judges and Prosecutors of Turkey (HSYK) at an emergency meeting held on July 16. Ten members of the Supreme Council, according to the state news agency Anadolu, were taken into custody in the building where the emergency meeting was held. They are suspected of involvement in an attempted coup.