Airspace over northwest Turkey closed to civilian flights - Anadolu

People walk in the streets near Taksim Square in Istanbul after an attempted coup in Turkey, July 16, 2016. REUTERS/Kemal Aslan

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The airspace over Turkey's northwestern Marmara region has been closed to civilian flights until 1805 GMT, the state-run Anadolu Agency said on Saturday, citing information from aviation authorities. The closure of the airspace, in a region near Turkey's borders with Greece and Bulgaria, comes after an attempted coup launched by a faction within Turkey's military. (Reporting by Ece Toksabay; writing by David Dolan; editing by David Clarke)