Thousands of pro-government supporters have joined rallies in Turkey overnight, to mark 24 hours since a failed coup by parts of the military.

Around 161 people died in the violence - however the complete death toll remains unclear - with some reports suggesting it may be as high as 265.

Nearly 3-thousand troops have been arrested - and the Government's threatened to reinstate the death penalty for those responsible.

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is blaming a cleric based in America for the coup - and issued this appeal to Barack Obama to extradite him: