Turkey's state-run news agency says military chief of staff Gen. Hulusi Akar has been rescued in an operation launched at an air base in the outskirts of Ankara.
Anadolu Agency says the general is being taken to a safe location.
Broadcaster CNN-Turk said that Akar was taken hostage at military headquarters in Ankara and transported by helicopter to Akincilar Air Base.
CNN-Turk says Akar would now take over the command of the operation against the coup plotters.
AP
