Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has been fighting against social media in the recent years, took to FaceTime to reach a television presenter and send his first message to the nation.
He then tweeted to his 8.6m followers, posted on his Facebook page, and his aides turned to WhatsApp to keep in touch with each other as they sought to wrest back control of the situation.
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