Erdogan explains why he used FaceTime to address people

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he addressed the nation via FaceTime because the national TV broadcast was not reaching people's televisions.

Speaking through a CNN Turk anchor who held her phone so viewers could see it, he urged people to stand up to the military faction behind the uprising.

Erdogan rejected any claims that he would use the attempted coup, considered an act of terrorism by his government, as justification for a crackdown against his opponents.