Obama meets with national security team on Turkey uprising

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President Obama convened a rare Saturday meeting in the Situation Room with members of his national security and foreign policy teams to discuss the attempted coup in Turkey.

Obama was briefed on the situation Friday evening and issued a statement of support for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as members of the Turkish military tried unsuccessfully to take control of the government into the early hours of Saturday morning.

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