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Turkish Coup Exposes Rift Between Warring Factions; A Look at Fethullah Gulen; Nice, France, Terror Attack Victims Mourned; CNN Turk Seized during Coup Attempt; Promenade in Nice Reopens; Trump Picks VP. Aired Midnight-1a ET

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MAX FOSTER, CNN HOST: Welcome to our viewers around the world. I'm Max Foster in Nice.

BECKY ANDERSON, CNN HOST: And I'm Becky Anderson in Paris. And this is CNN NEWSROOM.

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ANDERSON: We are following two major stories this hour, the attack in Nice and the failed coup in Turkey. And that is where we begin.

Turkey's president is blaming an Islamic cleric in the U.S. for Friday's coup attempt. He is asking the U.S. to arrest him or hand him over. Meanwhile, supporters of the president are celebrating the failed government overthrow. Nearly 3,000 military personnel have been detained and 2,700 judges are now suspended since the attempted coup.

CNN's Ian Lee joining us now from Istanbul with the very latest on the situation in Turkey -- Ian.

IAN LEE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Becky at this morning, it is quiet here in Taksim Square. But last night, there were thousands of people gathering here. These were people who came out after the from President Erdogan and his government as a show of force that the people were with his government and against the coup.

It was loud; it went late into the night, a very different scene than what had happened just 36 hours ago.

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LEE (voice-over): A bloody 24 hours of chaos and bloodshed in Turkey. It started with elements of the military declared it had taken control of the country and imposed martial law.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appealed to his supporters on FaceTime to take to the streets and fight for democracy. They heeded that call. Social media showed protesters squaring off against tanks and armored vehicles.

Turkish forces loyal to Erdogan rushed the coup but not before isolated heavy fighting. Gunshots reported at the presidential complex in Ankara and helicopters reportedly opened fire at the national intelligence headquarters.

The coup's soldiers eventually abandoned their weapons.

FIKRI ISIK, TURKISH DEFENSE MINISTER (through translator): Right now, there's no place that is not under our control. At this point and at this time, there are no risk spots. There are no places that are not under our control. So, yes, the coup is blocked.

LEE: Retribution has begun. At least 2,800 soldiers of various ranks have been arrested and 2,700 members of the judiciary removed. The prime minister vowing they will pay a heavy price.

LEE (voice-over): Now, public enemy number one, this man. Fethullah Gulen, an influential cleric in exile in the United States. Erdogan accuses him of being the puppet master of the attempted overthrow.

RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, TURKISH PRESIDENT (through translator): I call on the United States and President Barack Obama. Dear Mr. President, I told you this before, either arrest Fethullah Gulen or return him to Turkey.

LEE: Gulen denies responsibility, claiming anyone could have been behind it.

And in a rare show of unity, in a country where politics can be divisive and deadly, Turkey's various political parties united to denounce the coup. That unity, not likely to last. Opposition figures worry the coup gave Erdogan a gift, an excuse to consolidate power while galvanizing his supporters and cracking down on dissent.

(END VIDEOTAPE) LEE: And, Becky, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spoke with the Turkish foreign minister, he reiterated the U.S.' support for the democratically elected government here in Turkey but he also urged caution to allow the due process to be taken place, to look and investigate who was behind this coup.

He also said, asked Turkey not to insinuate or lead on that the U.S. was behind this in any way. They're saying that they will look at the evidence that Turkey provides if Gulen is responsible and then move forward from there -- Becky.

ANDERSON: So, Ian, show of support for the government on this street and indeed from opposition parties but in your reporting you suggested that this was not likely to last.

So what does happen next?

LEE: Well, in the aftermath, we've really seen this large crackdown; you have had 28 --

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LEE: -- members of the military arrested, 2,700 judges and members of the judiciary who have been removed. And we're expecting that crackdown to continue, to see more arrests, especially of high-ranking officers.

Opposition figures and activists are worried that the president and his supporters will use this as an excuse to go after other people who weren't a part of this coup, to crack down.

Erdogan has a long history of going after activists and journalists, rounding them up, putting them in prison and they think that this is just going to be an excuse for him to continue that, to consolidate power. He has been trying to make Turkey a presidential system.

Right now, it's a parliamentary system and they believe that this could just help him achieve that goal.

ANDERSON: Ian Lee is in Istanbul for you this morning.

Ian, thank you.

Well, the cleric that President Erdogan is accused of masterminding the coup has lived in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania since 1999. People were protesting outside Fethullah Gulen's home on Saturday but he has denied steadfastly any and all involvement.

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FETHULLAH GULEN, MUSLIM CLERIC (through translator): We've always done our best to mandate improved relations or keep them good. But if the source of that break-up or the source of the problem is rooted in Turkey, then there is not much we can do.

Democracy cannot be achieved through military coups and people should not be sympathetic to any coups.

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ANDERSON: Well, Gulen is notoriously reclusive. Despite his worldwide following, CNN has reached out to him to interview him for years, unsuccessfully. In September 2014, my colleague, Ivan Watson, put together a profile on what is this mysterious cleric.

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IVAN WATSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: One of the world's most powerful Muslim preachers lives behind these gates in a compound located in the small leafy town of Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania.

The reclusive Turkish cleric's name is Fethullah Gulen. If you believe the government of Turkey, supporters of the cleric in Pennsylvania are spearheading a coup attempt here in Turkey that's destabilizing one of America's most important allies in the Middle East. Turkish prime minister recently compared Gulen and his supporters to a virus and a medieval cult of assassins, while a top official from the prime minister's political party told me Gulen and his supporters have infiltrated the Turkish police force and judiciary.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We are confronted by a structure that doesn't take orders from within the chain of command of the state but rather takes orders from outside the state.

WATSON: So who is the mysterious man in Pennsylvania?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Fethullah Gulen leads the largest Islamic community in Turkey. His followers are estimated to be millions in number. And this is also the best organized Islamic community in terms of NGOs, the media, schools, charities, dormitories.

WATSON: Every year students from Gulen's schools operating in more than 100 countries around the world including one of the largest charter school networks in the U.S., gather in Istanbul for a lavish event called the Turkish Olympics.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That moment is a civil society moment with a civic approach. It is not Islamist. It doesn't have any strict political ideology. It is games fusing religion and politics.

WATSON: Throughout most of the last decade the Gulen movement was also a strong supporter of Turkey's religious conservative prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. And in recent years it became increasingly dangerous to criticize the Gulen movement. Police arrested and imprisoned writer Ahmet Sik for more than a year and a court banned his book criticizing the movement before it was even published. Now out of prison but still facing charges, Sik argues that the forced political marriage between the government and the Gulen movement has turned into a nasty divorce.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (via translator): On the one side there's the Gulen community, a dark, opaque power that can damage the most powerful government in Turkish history. On the other side you have a government under the guise of fighting this community can and has suspended all democratic principles.

WATSON: On December 17th, police launched a series of raids detaining dozens of people close to the Turkish government on charges of corruption. The government immediately claims the corruption probe was politically motivated and began demoting thousands of police officers and prosecutors believed to be linked to the Gulen movement.

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WATSON: Gulen has since denounced the government in a fiery online sermon, but also denying he gives orders to anyone in the Turkish judiciary. With his supporters embroiled in a power struggle with the Turkish government it is highly unlikely this enigmatic man in Pennsylvania will return to Turkey anytime soon -- Ivan Watson, CNN, Istanbul.

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ANDERSON: Right, more on Turkey a little later at this hour. I'm Becky Anderson in Paris for you. Let me hand you over to Max Foster now in Nice -- Max.

FOSTER: France, Becky, is a country in grief trying to come to terms with yet another terror attack. The 84 people killed here in Nice, France, on Thursday will be remembered in three days of national mourning.

The promenade where the man zigzagged the truck through crowds is now being reopened. And the French government it'll active about 26,000 reserve forces to increase security.

And a phone number belonging to the attacker here in Nice came up in a separate investigation into an associate of a jihadist recruiter. A source tells CNN authorities are now trying to determine what the connection was between the two men. Our Isa Soares has more on what we're learning about the man behind the Nice massacre.

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ISA SOARES, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This is the face of the man who brought terror to the streets of Nice. Mohamed Bouhlel, a young, mall-time criminal, who French authorities say was not known to have any links to terrorism.

BERNARD CAZENUEVE, FRENCH INTERIOR MINISTER (through translator): It seems that he became radicalized very quickly.

SOARES: ISIS has claimed the 31-year-old was one of their soldiers who heeded their call. But questions still remain as to whether he received a direct order by the terror group, or was simply inspired by their ideology.

Investigators are looking to answer that. They're digging deep into his life. Some neighbors in his apartment building describe him as a bit of a loner, quiet and even odd.

JASMINE CORMAN, SUSPECT'S NEIGHBOR (through translator): He never spoke. He didn't speak to anyone. He was always alone with his bike and he drank alcohol during Ramadan. I lived under a murderer.

SOARES (on camera): This is his apartment. As you can see here the door has been completely blown out. And if you look through the keyhole you can see the place has been thoroughly searched, cupboard doors open, drawers strewn to the floor.

SOARES (voice-over): From the outside, his life looked almost ordinary, a delivery driver with three children who according to one neighbor was never mean.

French media describe him as the man who loved bodybuilding and salsa dancing. But those closest to him paint a picture of a disturbed individual. MOHAMED MONDHER LAHOUAIEJ BOUHLEL, SUSPECT'S FATHER (through translator): He was of a nervous disposition. He would become angry, he would shout and he would break everything that was in front of him.

SOARES: His unstable character didn't go unnoticed or unpunished with authorities coming face-to-face with him only two months ago.

JEAN-JACQUES URVOAS, FRENCH JUSTICE MINISTER (through translator): He was charged with armed assault. There was an altercation in a public road among two drivers and himself, which involved a wooden pallet which was thrown by him.

SOARES: Slowly a picture is emerging of Mohamed Bouhlel. It's up to authorities to determine now, whether his actions were driven by rage or radicalization -- Isa Soares, CNN, Nice, France.

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FOSTER: For more, let's bring in Melissa Bell. She's an international affairs editor with France 24. She joins us by Skype from Burgundy in France.

What is your sense, Melissa, then on what we're learning about what unfolded, this idea that he was radicalized very quickly?

MELISSA BELL, FRANCE 24: We have heard that about (INAUDIBLE) for the first time yesterday, Max. And we now know that that appears to come from his ex-wife, the woman who was placed in police custody, first of all, the next day, the following day from the attack on Thursday night.

And that period of detention has now been extended for the next 24 hours because what the authorities are finding is that actually she is proving very useful, that she was estranged although they were separated, in providing a picture of his state of mind in the run-up to the events of Thursday night.

And that picture that is emerging is, in fact is the question that we're asking ourselves over the last few days, Max.

Was he simply inspired by that call from the Islamic State group back in September 2014 to take whatever weapon you had or car you had. And if you were a Muslim in France, to take on French people on their own turf?

Or had there been some sort of specific instruction and some actual radicalization where he became, as the Islamic State group claimed yesterday, a soldier of the caliphate?

It does suggest there are suggestions that he might have pledged allegiance and, as you mentioned, been in contact. And that is what the investigators are looking into his mobile phone and looking into his computer, will be trying to --

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BELL: -- determine in the course of their investigation.

For now, though, they do have his ex-wife in custody and she is providing that precious insight into the fact that he did indeed turn more radical over the course of last few weeks and as there was (INAUDIBLE) explained, is very fast process of radicalization.

FOSTER: And there is a sense of resignation, in a way, I get the sense in France, that these attacks have happened before. You have got these three days of mourning. We're going to expect to see various memorials today. these impromptu memorials where you have large sorts of spreads of flowers and people gathered around them.

This sort of sense of resignation that this is a new reality for France. Am I reading too much into that?

BELL: No, there is absolutely a sense of resignation, even at the time of the 13th of November, Max, people had said in the immediate aftermath we almost expected this after "Charlie Hebdo" and now this.

I think this time though there is this new level of horror at the realization of France's vulnerability. Back in the "Charlie Hebdo" massacre in January 2015, there had been these secure failings of security services. We -- the Kouachi brothers should have been more closely watched. They were known to authorities.

In the November 13th attacks but all of the men involved who were French citizens were actively being watched by French intelligence services. And there were clear failings that the government could then go about trying to fix, by putting more money into intelligence services, by tightening France's controls on things like Internet, which is precisely what it did.

This time, keeping an eye on the man who was not even known to intelligence services and was a petty criminal is something that no amount of reinforcing the intelligence services could have done. And there is this sense, I suppose, given the means that he used, given his profile, that no one is safe anywhere and that there is very little authorities can do.

FOSTER: OK, Melissa, back with you later. Thank you very much indeed for joining us.

Of course, Sunday here, Becky, and lots of church services today a very powerful moment for people to try to come to terms with what happened on Thursday.

ANDERSON: Yes, all right, Max, thank you for that.

Well, he survived a bloody coup attempt the night before. Why crowds on the streets of Turkey are cheering President Recep Tayyip Erdogan now. We'll talk live with a witness to the chaos in Istanbul.

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ANDERSON (voice-over): Remarkable video of a fight back as Turkish soldiers try to take over a broadcast building in Istanbul. Police and civilians resist. The building houses CNN Turk, who briefly went off air. More on that later.

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ANDERSON: Welcome back, Becky Anderson for you in Paris. More than 2,000 military officers detained; nearly 200 court officials locked up the day after the chaos in Turkey. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blames a self-exiled critic in the United States for the violence that left nearly 200 people dead. He is telling Washington to arrest or extradite Fethullah Gulen.

But Gulen has denied any involvement. Well, Sarah Nam (ph) was a witness to the attempted coup, joining us now on the line from Istanbul.

And Sarah (ph), describe what you witnessed over the past 24 hours or so.

SARAH NAM (PH), COUP WITNESS: Hi, Becky, yes, well, on the Friday night, I was down in Karakoi (ph), which is an area by the Bosphorus River, just having dinner with friends. And it was a very relaxed, chilled atmosphere. We'd returned to the Lhasa Towers (ph), the apartment, about 11:30.

And then I had a notification at midnight on my phone from the BBC saying that there was probably -- Istanbul was under a military coup. And the phones started to ring from London and we could hear planes flying overhead and helicopters.

And it suddenly was information coming through online, was it was very, very serious. And we could see military tanks, you know, online, just taking onto Bosphorus Bridge, which the day before we had literally crossed with no trouble whatsoever.

So it was absolutely shocking to suddenly find ourselves in this situation. And I say, it was about 1 o'clock n the morning, we were trying to make sense of what was going on. We were seeing people saying, taking money from ATMs. So we went out to do the same because we had, again, what does it mean to be under military, martial law.

And the roads were silent. Shops were shut down. It was eerie. And then the call to prayer happened. And I was -- it's not the time for call to prayer. And we had realized after, again, looking online, that it was a rallying cry to get people onto the streets and up to Taksim Square, which is literally a 10-minute walk from where we were staying. And I could say it was 3:00 am when the jets flew over. I thought

there was an explosion because the whole apartment shook. And it was again, only by going online and understanding that it was just a sonic boom that it was the realization of how close and how sort of volatile the atmosphere was.

And we managed to get through the night. And, again, it was early morning to see the images of the soldiers, surrendering on the Bosphorus Bridge. And the airport, sort of coming back into the stronghold of the people, that the realization of what we had been under was so close.

And that afternoon --

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NAM (PH): -- I would say yesterday afternoon, we went up to Taksim Square. And the large remnants of the night before --

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NAM (PH): -- literally six hours previously was one tank. And the tank was being taken away by the RTs and there was celebratory crowds in the square itself.

And what was most surprising was the fact that they were now being joined by families and, you know, mothers and children were literally walking and marching along the main street, which I can only describe as like the length of Oxford Street in London, through the square, to actually celebrate the recovery from almost the loss of democracy was -- it was a unique experience to be there, to document the almost, let's say, the part of the night before.

But then to actually see the relief of the people and then, obviously, there is still a sense of uncertainty because they don't know what's going to happen from this point.

But there was an eeriness about the fact that there was almost the next day life was going back to normal with shops opening, cafes welcoming people in. And there was a real sense of what had been achieved in a turnaround of, I would say, 12 hours. It was quite remarkable to be part of it.

ANDERSON: Sarah Nam (ph), witness to the past 24 hours or so, remarkable stuff, frightening but fascinating.

Sarah (ph), thank you for that.

More, of course, for the unanswered questions since this failed coup. And what happens next so far as Turkey in its relations with the rest of the world is concerned?

Well, that is coming up. First of all, back to Nice for you and to Max Foster -- Max. FOSTER: Well, Becky, people across France and other nations have been paying tribute to the victims of the Bastille Day attack here in Nice.

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FOSTER (voice-over): This was the scene as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry laid flowers in Luxembourg in honor of those who were killed in Thursday's attack. Saturday marked the start of three days of official mourning here in France.

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FOSTER: Doctors in Nice are trying to save some of the youngest victims who were wounded in the massacre. Medical officials say they've treated hundreds of injured people in several hospitals. They say about a third of them are children under the age of 5.

About 2 dozen people are still on life support, including five children. And this is a city still in shock from Thursday's tragic attack, killing 84 people in total. Atika Shubert is on the stretch of road, where so many lives were lost and she reports that it's become a poignant gathering for mourners.

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ATIKA SHUBERT, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: It has really become a memorial that is more than a mile long. Flowers are scattered here and there and this actually gives you a sense of the chaos because the flowers and candles are being placed here where victims fell.

And you can actually see some of the dark stains underneath. Those are actually blood stains that haven't been able to be washed away. And it gives you a sense of just how long the devastation was here.

And the chaos that erupted afterwards. And this is why there were so many kids that got swept up in it because not only because of the truck coming through but because, as everyone tried to escape, they got trampled on.

And we actually spoke to the family of one young boy, a 4-year-old boy. They -- the family actually had a 1-year old and a 4-year old. They were here to enjoy the fireworks like so many. But in the chaos afterwards, they got separated. They did manage to grab hold of the 1-year old. But the 4-year old was lost.

Unfortunately, they found him in the hospital with a very severe brain injury. And when we were there, unfortunately the doctor told them that he had taken a turn for the worse. He has been stabilized.

But this is the kind of raw emotion and what families are having to deal with. There was, I guess you could say, one small ray of hope, in that a young boy, a 7.5-year-old boy, who previously nobody know who he was, he was in the hospital, in a coma. Well, today, he was identified. His grandmother was able to identify him. Unfortunately, however, his parents still have not been found. It is

believed that they may have died in the attack as well. So it's -- the entire city is still reeling from this. But it's especially hard on the families and the doctors that are treating the victims of the attack.

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FOSTER: Atika, down there on the promenade.

And, Becky, they were speaking to the deputy mayor today, very determined to get that promenade open in defiance against what ISIS has done, to show that life goes on as normal here.

ANDERSON: Max Foster in Nice, back to you -- back to Nice a little bit later, Max, thank you.

Well, the failed coup attempt in Turkey came with some intense moments for a CNN affiliate in the country.

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MAX FOSTER, CNN HOST: Welcome back to CNN NEWSROOM, I'm Max Foster in Nice.

ANDERSON: And I'm Becky Anderson, live for Paris for you.

The Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is pointing the finger towards an exiled cleric in the United States for a coup that left nearly 200 people dead. People protested outside Fethullah Gulen's Pennsylvania home on Saturday.

He, though, said he had nothing to do with the uprising. And he did not just deny his own involvement, either. He suggested that the coup could have been staged, even implying that Erdogan may have been responsible.

Well, it was late Friday when Turkey went from calm to chaos. Here is a look at how the failed coup attempt unfolded. CNN's Nima Elbagir reports.

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NIMA ELBAGIR, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): 11:25 pm Friday local time: the Turkish military said in a statement that it had taken control of the country and imposed martial law.

12:26 am Saturday: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaking to the country via a FaceTime call into CNN Turk, telling his supporters to go to the streets to hunt for democracy, the anchor holding her microphone up to the phone to hear what he is saying.

1:50 am: gunshots reported at the presidential complex in Ankara and reports of helicopters opening fire at the national intelligence headquarters.

Videos and photos posted on social media showed large crowds marching through to the streets and taunting soldiers. Some facing off against tanks and armored vehicles.

Crowds also gathering at Istanbul's airport, the site of the terror attack two weeks ago. Another flash point, the Bosphorus Bridge connecting Turkish Europe and Asia.

KAT COHEN, AMERICAN TRAPPED IN ISTANBUL: We've heard two bombs in the last hour and the fighter planes going right over us and the last one, everyone --

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COHEN: -- just got up and ran inside.

ELBAGIR: 2:51 am: the Turkish national intelligence unit claims the coup is over. There are also reports of bombs thrown outside of the parliament building in Ankara. Meanwhile, troops entered TV stations taking over the newsroom of TRT and shutting down the network of CNN Turk.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It was quite a scary moment. My staff -- their phones were confiscated.

ELBAGIR: Around 3:20 am: Turkish President Erdogan's plane lands at Istanbul's airport. He says law enforcement has started arresting military officers of various ranks. Turkey's deputy prime minister talks to CNN on the phone.

DON LEMON, CNN ANCHOR: Who is in control now in Turkey?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, there has been a fair coup attempt. Government is in full control. There's still some rogue aircraft over Ankara and I think they were likely to be forced down.

ELBAGIR (voice-over): 6:30 am, at dawn on Saturday: President Erdogan addresses a large crowd. He calls the coup attempt treason and says his government is in control.

ERDOGAN (through translator): But we will stand firm. We are not going to compromise.

ELBAGIR (voice-over): Daylight brings clear pictures of the aftermath. These incredible scenes from Istanbul's Bosporus Bridge, as soldiers surrendering en masse, walking away from tanks and abandoning their posts. And in Ankara, pictures of serious damage to the Turkish parliament -- Nima Elbagir, CNN, Nice.

(END VIDEOTAPE) ANDERSON: With more on the situation in Turkey, let's bring back Ian Lee, who's joining me now from Istanbul. And the defiant President Erdogan, calling on the United States to return his nemesis and the man he accuses of being the mastermind behind this failed coup.

How significant, Ian, is this ratcheting up of tensions with Washington?

IAN LEE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Very significant, Becky. He actually said that Turkey cannot have relations with countries that harbor terrorists, alluding to the fact that the United States is harboring Fethullah Gulen and he sees him as a terrorist.

Now Secretary of State John Kerry talked to the foreign minister, saying that, you know, due process has to take place, that the United States is open to looking at any sorts of evidence that point to Gulen and extradition requests can be filed for him to be returned to Turkey.

But they want this as a process, not just rhetoric. So that is what we're hearing from the United States. But definitely, Gulen is for at least Erdogan and his supporters public enemy number one. They want to see him returned.

Erdogan has said for years now that Gulen has been trying to undermine his government. And this is really just the latest in that battle between the two, although, again, we need to point out that Gulen saying it could have been anyone who carried out this coup. He definitely denying responsibility.

ANDERSON: Ian, any anti-ISIS operations, of course, out of Turkey's Incirlik air base have been halted. And I know the power was cut at one point.

What is the status of the 1,500 U.S. troops based there?

LEE: Well, what we're still hearing from the government, we haven't heard much of a change to that situation there, that the base is sealed off, that the power was cut, although we heard from U.S. military personnel that they do have generators there to help provide electricity for them.

There are 1,500 military personnel and civilians U.S. at that base right now. They say that they are perfectly safe. The reason behind this sealing off and the cutting of power is a precautionary measure to make sure that all of Turkey's military assets are still under their control, the helicopters and the airplanes.

But the U.S. wants to open this base as quickly as possible, because it is such a key base in the fight against ISIS. They want to resume those flights. Right now they say that they're able to adjust, to get resources from elsewhere. But it will have a significant impact if they're not able to reopen that base and continue operations.

ANDERSON: Ian Lee is in Turkey for you today, Ian, thank you. And soldiers also took over our affiliate, CNN Turk, in Istanbul on

Friday. This video shows the storming of those buildings. The soldiers had seized the newsroom at gunpoint. Nobody was hurt. CNN's Gul Tuysuz now explains --

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ANDERSON: -- how it all played out.

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GUL TUYSUZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: As chaos unfolded across Turkey under occupation, an anchor for state broadcaster TRT reads a message from those attempting a coup. It declares martial law and a curfew, a curfew that will eventually fail after an appearance by the country's embattled president on CNN Turk.

In an unusual use of technology, Recep Tayyip Erdogan appears on an iPhone with a FaceTime connection held up by the CNN Turk anchor.

"Go to the streets and give them their answer," he urges.

"I'm coming to a square in Ankara."

Thousands of people took to the streets in solidarity with Erdogan. Chanting, "God is great," they stood up against the military and held the streets across the country.

And all throughout, CNN Turk stayed on air. But just as the soldiers occupying TRT were expelled, CNN Turk would be silenced by the coup attempt.

In a dramatic moment, a calm but visibly shaken CNN Turk anchor tells viewers, "I think you can hear me. A helicopter has landed on our building and soldiers have entered the area of our studio using force."

Twenty minutes later, a breaking news banner appears, CNN Turk broadcast being cut, followed by the anchor saying, "They are now in our control room. We tried our best," she says.

And the channel cuts to a studio camera, showing the last remaining employees clearing out. The signal of the empty studio would be up for roughly 40 minutes with muffled voices heard off camera.

Finally, commotion outside the studio. CNN Turk managers enter the studio. And nearly an hour after soldiers first took over their control room, the camera position changes and CNN Turk returns to air -- Gul Tuysuz, CNN, Atlanta.

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ANDERSON: More on Turkey a little later. Max Foster is in the south of France at the beach resort of Nice, scene of the terrible Bastille Day attack -- Max. FOSTER: Yes, Becky, coming out, France facing criticism now over Thursday's terror attack in Nice. I spoke with the city's vice mayor. He says there should have been more security in place that day. My interview with him just ahead.

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ANDERSON: Welcome back, I'm Becky Anderson, in Paris.

FOSTER: And I'm Max Foster in Nice and people here in Nice --

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FOSTER: -- at the cross routes indeed are trying to heal after Thursday's awful terror attack. And the promenade, where 84 people were killed, is now reopened, the victims being honored in three days of national mourning. The French interior minister says a 31-year-old Tunisian, the suspect behind that attack, became radicalized very quickly.

Mohamed Lahouaiej used a 20-ton truck to carry out the attack in Nice, but it is not the first time that cars and trucks have been used to kill as many people as possible. Assailants have used them numerous times before in Israel. Oren Liebermann has more on that.

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OREN LIEBERMANN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The attack in Nice may be one of the largest but it's not the first time cars and trucks have been used as weapons of terror.

Here in Jerusalem and the region, vehicles have long been a common crude weapon used against Israeli security forces and civilians. There was even a name for it at one point, the auto intifada. One of the first such attacks was in 2008, when a Palestinian man drove a bulldozer down a main road in Jerusalem, killing three Israelis and smashing cars along the way.

Since then, there have been many similar attacks, many targeting soft, small targets, such as bus stops or train stops, places where people are standing still for a few moments. Part of Israel's response has been intelligence, identifying and profiling those likely to perpetrate such attacks.

Along with that is a quick response. Israeli security forces and armed civilians were out in the streets and, in the event of an attack, they shoot and shoot quickly. To prevent large-scale ramming attacks, Israel generally cordons off the area for large gatherings, preventing cars from even entering.

All of these measures have decreased the deadliness of such attacks but not stopped them entirely, because even Israeli security experts admit it's difficult to prevent a lone wolf and a vehicle -- Oren Liebermann, CNN, Jerusalem.

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FOSTER: Well, the French government has faced criticism, especially from opposition politicians, who say there should have been more security in place in these on Bastille Day. I spoke with the city's vice mayor here in Nice. I asked him what could be learned from Thursday's attack and how it might be possible to stop more attacks like this from happening again.

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RUDY SALES (PH), VICE MAYOR OF NICE: I don't know how we can stop. We -- unfortunately, I think we are going to live with terrorism during years because it's very difficult to fight to an enemy which is not visible.

And it's not like when you have an army in front of you. But we have to show them that if they inspire or if they do it directly, they will have us in front of them very, very strongly.

And we have to show fraternity between all the people who believes in freedom and democracy. To fight these and to fight, of course, daish and in the Middle East, that we know that it is going from them.

FOSTER: I have spoken to some eyewitnesses here, who say they want something more material than that. They would have wanted to have more security here last night in the same way that they saw lots of security around the Euro championships.

SALES (PH): You know, we had a lot of security around the Euro and everything was very good. And we had a lot of security for Nice Carnival in February, when we organized the carnival in February. I say to the government, if we don't have security, we will cancel because we don't want to have risk for the people.

FOSTER: Was there enough here on Thursday?

SALES (PH): No, really, I say that. The government is saying that we had the same security than the Euro. I didn't see that, I'm sorry.

FOSTER: Are you partly responsible for that?

SALES (PH): Sorry?

FOSTER: Are you partly responsible for not having enough security here?

SALES (PH): No, the city is not responsible for security. We have (INAUDIBLE) municipal (INAUDIBLE), municipal police, but (INAUDIBLE) doesn't have power.

FOSTER: But had you asked for more security for this event and not receive it?

SALES (PH): We have been asking all the time more security for Nice. We need more security because we're an international city, because (INAUDIBLE) friends, because it's a very touristic city, because also we are in the south of France.

And in the south of France we know that there are many jihadists coming or who want to try to do something. And so we need the security. And we don't have it, anyway, today.

FOSTER: And (INAUDIBLE) you feel now that you didn't have enough on Thursday?

SALES (PH): Yes, so we asked to the president yesterday that we need more security. He said, yes, we are going to give you more security in September. With 100 more policemen in the city. It's not exactly the answer we are waiting for.

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FOSTER: Well, this is the city's vice mayor. And that does it for me and for Becky this hour. We'll be back at the top of the hour with the latest from here in Nice but also the latest in Turkey.

Right now we'll hand it over to Natalie Allen at CNN Center.

Hi, Natalie.

NATALIE ALLEN, CNN ANCHOR: Hi, Max, thank you so much.

Donald Trump has officially announced his running mate but is he entirely happy with his V.P. pick?

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ALLEN: We'll have that story coming up and much more. Please stay with us.

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ALLEN: Hello, again, everyone. I'm Natalie Allen in Atlanta with other news.

And we have this story just in from Japan. A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck within the last 30 minutes in the Canto (ph) region, which includes Tokyo. Shaking was felt for 30 seconds. That said, though, Japan's meteorological agency reports no tsunami has been issued and no damage reported.

U.S. presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has chosen his running mate, Indiana Governor Mike Pence. The two held their first rally just a few hours ago. As our Jim Acosta reports, the campaign is pushing back hard against any notion that Trump was second-guessing his V.P. pick.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Governor Pence, how are you feeling right now?

JIM ACOSTA, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Tapped to be Donald Trump's running mate, Mike Pence was plunged into the 2016 election at a turbulent time.

His announcement was leaked and then postponed -- a jarring move Trump's aides said that was vital after the terror attack in Nice. But Pence projected calm.

MIKE PENCE, U.S. PRESUMPTIVE REPUBLICAN VP NOMINEE: We love Indiana. We love our country. My family and I couldn't be more honored to have the opportunity to run with and serve with the next president of the United States.

ACOSTA: As Trump appeared to be ginning up some drama surrounding his selection.

DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESUMPTIVE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: I haven't made my final-final decision.

ACOSTA: Sources tell CNN the presumptive GOP nominee was wavering at the last minute, asking aides overnight whether he could pull back on the Pence pick. Those advisers, sources say, told him no.

But a top Trump adviser told CNN that was all just a rumor. And a campaign spokesman tweeted, "This is completely false. Zero truth to it."

By the morning it all seemed to go like clockwork. Trump tweeted his announcement. Pence tweeted back, he was honored to join the ticket. Aides to the Indiana governor filed the paperwork pulling him out of the race for election.

Even though Trump and Pence are said to be off to a good start as running mates, they do have their differences.

Pence supported the Iraq war. Trump became a critic. As governor, Pence expanded health care coverage under ObamaCare, a program Trump has savaged.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Governor, could we have a word?

ACOSTA: In picking Pence, Trump looked past New Jersey Governor Chris Christie who has become a trusted adviser in recent months. Sources tell CNN Christie made a last-ditch attempt to change Trump's mind yesterday as Pence was on his way to New York.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Governor, do you have electricity?

ACOSTA: But Trump was not only dealing with his vice presidential pick, he was responding to the attack in Nice, calling on the U.S. to declare war on ISIS.

TRUMP: I would. I would. This is war. If you look at it, this is war coming from all different parts. And frankly, it's war and we're dealing with people without uniforms.

ACOSTA: Hillary Clinton told CNN the U.S. should be more cautious.

HILLARY CLINTON (D), PRESUMPTIVE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: Well, I think

it's clear, we are at war with these terrorist groups. And what they represent. It's a different kind of war. And we need to be smart about how we wage it and win it.

ACOSTA: Clinton is also considering her vice presidential pick in announcing her upcoming convention speakers. President Obama, the first lady, Vice President Biden and Bernie Sanders, while rolling out a web video slamming Pence.

PENCE: I long for the day that Roe vs. Wade is sent to the ash heap of history.

ACOSTA (on camera): Next up for Trump and Pence is when they fly off to Cleveland and the Republican national convention where they'll be officially declared the GOP ticket. Trump at this event here in New York tried to push back on any notion there will be a floor fight in Cleveland, saying the never Trump movement has been crushed -- Jim Acosta, CNN, New York.

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ALLEN: And that convention kicks off Monday. My colleague, Christi Paul, takes us on a behind-the-scenes look at CNN's production facility at the convention site there in Cleveland.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice-over): In many ways, the essential part of the convention is you never get to see but here it is.

So this is CNN's portable control room, if you will.

In this truck car, technicians, engineers, production staff, editorial staff, graphics team, everything that we need to put together a production. And we'll show you up front.

From up here, our directors and producers will have access to dozens and dozens of cameras from around the convention floor.

CHRISTI PAUL, CNN HOST: (INAUDIBLE) all lit up?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Every single screen will be lit up. They're just setting it up now.

But as you can start to see, we have individual cameras in our anchor booth, on the floor. We'll have access to cameras all around the hall and everything that you need to pull together the convention, even cameras outside the hall. A convention is nothing unless you can hear what the candidates and

the speakers are saying. And that is where our CNN audio team comes in.

PAUL: So is it safe to say that you hear things that you could probably write about?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.

PAUL: That people never hear?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, but professionalism prevents me from doing it.

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ALLEN: Our coverage begins Monday, I'm Natalie Allen, we'll have more news with Max Foster in Nice and Becky Anderson in Paris in just a moment. You're watching CNN.