By Jeyhun Aliyev</p> <p>ANKARA (AA) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday condemned a coup attempt in Venezuela.</p> <p>"We, as a country, which has experienced coups and their negative consequences, condemn coup bid in Venezuela," Erdogan said on Twitter.</p> <p>The world has to respect the democratic choices of the people in Venezuela, he added.</p> <p>"Those who attempt to appoint a postmodern colonial governor to Venezuela, where the people are sovereign and where President comes through elections, should know only democratic elections determined the way to govern the country," Erdogan said.</p> <p>"Ballot box is essential in democracies," he added.</p> <p>His remarks came after Venezuelan Vice President Jorge Rodriguez said a group of soldiers is self-deployed on the Altamira distributor road, close to La Carlota military air base, for an uprising against the Constitution and peace of the country. </p> <p>Earlier, opposition leader Juan Guaido released a video on Twitter in which he could be seen alongside soldiers, calling for an uprising to end the "usurpation" of President Nicolas Maduro.</p> <p>Maduro, for his part, called for people to take to the streets to "protect the homeland and constitutional order" amid reports of the coup attempt in the country.