Army personnel who had earlier blocked off Istanbul's Bosphorus Bridge raise their hands in surrender as civilians and police take control Turkish military personnel crossing the Bosphorus bridge with their hands in the air following an attempted coup against the government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan THIS is the dramatic moment soldiers blocking a bridge in Turkey surrendered after staging a bloody military coup. Footage shown on CNN Turk shows military officers, who were barricading the Bosporus bridge in Istanbul, surrendering. Turkey coup attempt: Turkish soldiers surrender in Istanbul after failed Turkey coup