Turkey’s coup has been squashed and retribution has already begun.

At least 2,800 military officers have been detained throughout Turkey, the state-run news agency Anadolu reports.

The latest death toll stands at 265, including 161 civilians and police. The rest are “coup plotters”, officials say.

A further 1154 were reported wounded in the bloody coup attempt.

According to one military official, more than 100 “coup plotters” have been killed.

“The coup attempt has been foiled,” acting army chief General Umit Dundar said.

Dundar said the coup attempt “was rejected by chain of command immediately” and 104 men responsible have since been killed.

The Turkish prime minister Binali Yildirim addressed the media on Saturday calling the attempted coup a black stain on Turkish democracy and labelling those responsible as terrorists.

Turkey’s state-run news agency says a top body overseeing judges and prosecutors has dismissed 2,745 judges across the country. Anadolu Agency says the emergency meeting of the Judges and Prosecutors High Council was held Saturday, hours after Turkish forces quashed the military uprising.

The report said the meeting was called to discuss disciplinary measures against members suspected of links to the movement led by the US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen. The government says the attempted coup was carried out by a clique within the military loyal to Gulen’s movement.

The soldiers attempted to overthrow the government late on Friday using tanks and helicopters and blocking bridges and taking over some media outlets.

A government official said most of those arrested were lower ranked soldiers, adding that special forces were securing the chief of staff headquarters.

Earlier the news agency reported that military chief of staff Gen. Hulusi Akar was rescued in an operation launched at an air base in the outskirts of Ankara. It said the general was being taken to a safe location.

Broadcaster CNN-Turk said that Akar was taken hostage at military headquarters in Ankara and transported by helicopter to Akincilar Air Base.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said his government is in charge of the country and acknowledged “my people” fought against a coup attempt and took the tanks back.

Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said security forces have defeated coup plotters in several places, including police and government buildings, according to the state-run Anadolu news agency.

Mr Erdogan appeared at the airport in Istanbul following a night of chaos and violence in Turkey.

As the uprising was squashed, images of soldiers being whipped and beaten began to circulate.

CNN-Turk quoted Prime Minister Binali Yildirim as saying that commander of Turkey’s 1st Army, Gen. Umit Dundar, had been appointed acting chief of military staff.

Coup plotters request asylum in Greece

A Turkish military helicopter landed in Greece Saturday carrying eight officers seeking asylum after a coup bid, Greek police said.

The Black Hawk chopper arrived after sending a distress signal to authorities at the airport in Alexandroupolis in the country’s north.

Seven of those on board were in military uniform and all are believed to have been involved in the attempted putsch, ERT TV said.

Athens News Agency said the asylum seekers comprised three majors, three captains and two sergeant majors.

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Ankara had asked Athens to send back the eight.

-Agencies