Baku-APA. During a phone call tonight with Secretary of State John Kerry, President Obama said the democratically elected government of Turkey should be supported, according to a statement from the White House.
The president and Kerry also agreed that "all parties" should "show restraint, and avoid any violence or bloodshed."
The president's remarks come just as 17 police officers were reported killed in a helicopter attack on their headquarters on the outskirts of the Turkish capital, Ankara.