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[nature boy]

Cancelled our holiday to Turkey. We were leaving tomorrow. Obviously disappointed but we agreed it just isn't worth it. Stay safe Turkey Gaf, hope everything works out peacefully.

You had no choice, airports are closed. No arrivals or departures.

 

[Dennis]

holy shit, the little mini mic

So small.

 

[LNBL]

What should I be googling? People cheering on the streets? Bullshit, let me see the receipts. I don't know where you get your information, but people (as in a generalisation of the Turkish population in its entirety, not a crowd of 10 people) are NOT cheering. Let me see a source of yours where thousands of people are on the streets singing "GO AWAY ERDOGAN, WE DON'T WANT YOU" or something along those lines.

Dont know about the chants, but there are numerous live streams on Periscope happening that show large crowds chanting

 

[Kindekuma]

This is so fucking crazy, holy smokes.

 

[nynt9]

So is the military fighting against Erdogans dictatorship and for a more open democracy or can we expect things to become even worse if they succeed?

Track record is positive but what will happen this time remains to be seen.

 

[jelly]

Cancelled our holiday to Turkey. We were leaving tomorrow. Obviously disappointed but we agreed it just isn't worth it. Stay safe Turkey Gaf, hope everything works out peacefully.

That's a shame. I guess you get a refund for the circumstances so not all bad.

Hope it all goes smoothly over there, stay safe.

 

[dakun]

The people who staged the coup don't look to be enough in numbers. Looks like Erdogan supporters will be successful in stopping them simply by the fact that the military isn't out for blood thus making it impossible to win against an angry mob.

 

[Kolx]

I can't believe Erdogan was urging people to take to the streets.

So fucking scummy.

He was elected. Him asking people who elected him to stand for their vote is scummy?

 

[Plasmid]

holy shit, the little mini mic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umgUDUxHKfY

 

[FreedomFighter]

Yeah sure. Organizing a coup against a president elected by the majoraty os sure going to end very will. Army taking over usually don't end very well.

Depends on his current approval ratings... I'd go by that first to get some insight on how likely the population will possibly react.

Anyone have his approval numbers?

 

[ironcreed]

People responding to Erdogans call to take to the streets..

Fucking hell now thats stupid

Especially since they just shot and killed a guy.

https://twitter.com/Souria4Syrians/status/754066725776289793

 

[Chinese Cartoons]

I can't believe Erdogan was urging people to take to the streets.

So fucking scummy.

It works.

 

[qazqaNii]

The first division of the turkish army just announced that it is not part of the coup.

 

[Dierce]

Looks like some people are listening to the president.

It looks as if some of them are applauding. Could they be there in support of the military?

 

[Massa]

Yeah defend a guy that is trying to make the country into a dictatorship!

At least the military has a record of leading to democracy.

wat.

 

[Kusagari]

Yeah sure. Organizing a coup against a president elected by the majoraty os sure going to end very will. Army taking over usually don't end very well.

Except it's happened multiple times in Turkey with good results.

The constitution allows the military to stand up and stop wannabee dictators like Erdogan.

 

[M.D]

Reporters on TV said this happened now because Erdogan was supposed to make changes to some top military positions in August and put more of his people into power

 

[Phantast2k]

@ragipsoylu
#BREAKING Footage shows civilians are taking over a tank in Turkey

@agirecudi
Ankara: Tank heading to Prime minster's palace. Protesters block the tank.


This will be a civil war.

 

[ahoyhoy]

holy shit, the little mini mic

A YouTube stream of a TV broadcast of a TV broadcast replay of someone golding up a microphone to a person using FaceTime

How much deeper can we get?

 

[skny]

Sorry to say but Erdogan is staying after this. People are already storming the streets and military isnt doing anything at all.

 

[PdotMichael]

It looks as if some of them are applauding. Could they be there in support of the military?

Yes

 

[Markoman]

I'm still calling it...Erdogan knew months in advance that this is going to happen.
That's why he wanted visa free travel for Turkish citizens. He was already planning to come to Germany where he has many followers. The visa free travelling would have been a great opportunity to get a good chunk of his supporters to Germany while leaving his oppsition and all the refuess back in Turkey. Like a German stand-up comedian with Turkish heritage once predicted: the Turks will never try to take over Europe again by going through Vienna, next time they will try to do it via Berlin.

Spoiler

Just kidding, at least the second part

 

[Nibel]

German television news broadcast about to go live.

Which channel breh

 

[Majukun]

https://www.periscope.tv/redblll06/1ynJOzQAZEOGR

holy crap.

did they just bomb a taxi or something?

 

[Chaos17]

Anti coup demonstration from what I understand: https://twitter.com/140journos/status/754070423705444352

@RaoKumar747
Erdogans call for civilians to come out and confront the military seems to be working. Civilians block tanks #Turkey (video)

*sigh*
People please stay safe, that president who left and who isn't fight with you doesn't worth it to go against tanks.

 

[TheSecondSpitter]

Erdogan is a criminal and should be arrested for inciting violence asking people to go on street - asking basically for civil war.

If you slowly re-read what you wrote, you'll realize it doesn't make one iota of sense.

 

[chefbags]

You had no choice, airports are closed. No arrivals or departures.

Damn, this girl arrived in Istanbul just this morning. Hope she's safe.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BH3pi7jjIDH/

 

[HocusPocus]

I can't believe Erdogan was urging people to take to the streets.

So fucking scummy.

Shows how big a piece of shit he is.

 

[Liha]

Which channel breh

ZDF

 

[Jeels]

Especially since they just shot and killed a guy.

https://twitter.com/Souria4Syrians/status/754066725776289793

That blood is on Erdogan's hands...

 

[DXB-KNIGHT]

It's Ironic he's using the media that he blocked previously.

 

[orthodoxy1095]

Apparently the majority of the voters were okay with those choices, otherwise we would have seen a protest or whatever on a massive (e.g. millions) scale. Instead we get the army barging in. Did they consult the people? Did they conduct an expansive research about it? Ironically GAF seems to applaud non-democratic means to topple a state of head they don't agree with.

Even assuming that's true, ever heard of the "tyranny of the majority," or did you miss that in civics class?

 

[Condom]

Anyone who's defending Erdogan in the name of democracy is either ignorant and an idiot.

The guy was a wannabe dicator. So what if he was democratically elected ? Is it ok to let someone become a dictator for life because he came into power legally ?

Get real.

I hate Erdogan and even I know this will most likely cause bullshit, people are acting like the military will install a democratic utopia. Things rarely are as simple as that.

 

[Fantastapotamus]

Ankara source: Large explosion was at pro-Erdogan Police HQ that is under fire from Army forces.

https://twitter.com/YanniKouts/status/754072484643794945

 

[Dash_Riprock]

Reporters on TV said this happened now because Erdogan was supposed to make changes to some top military positions in August and put more of his people into power

He's been president since 2003. How has he not cleaned house in the military already?

 

[FreedomFighter]

@ragipsoylu
#BREAKING Footage shows civilians are taking over a tank in Turkey

@agirecudi
Ankara: Tank heading to Prime minster's palace. Protesters block the tank.


This will be a civil war.

Is there really enough people supporting Erdogan to reach that critical mass to push it that far? That's what I'm trying to figure out.

 

[LiK]

It looks as if some of them are applauding. Could they be there in support of the military?

Oh yea, I saw footage of military supporters on tv too.

 

[Ziltoidia 9]

Aljazzera stream is crazy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBEmqvVPOX4

Damn. Not available in my country.

 

[guit3457]

The first division of the turkish army just announced that it is not part of the coup.

GG game over. What a mess

 

[reckless]

wat.

Erodgon is a terrible person, slowly gathering power and getting rid of all that oppose him.

One of Turkey's military's tenets is to defend Democracy in turkey.

 

[MMaRsu]

Damn seems like not all of the military and barely any political groups are behind this :/.

 

[dakun]

@ragipsoylu
#BREAKING Footage shows civilians are taking over a tank in Turkey

@agirecudi
Ankara: Tank heading to Prime minster's palace. Protesters block the tank.


This will be a civil war.

nah. The military doesn't look to be out for blood. And i doubt there are enough Kemalists in Turkey left that support a military coup for there to be much violence. Looks to me like the coup will end up unsuccessful and it will only strengthen Erdogan. Unfortunately.

 

[Cub3h]

The pro-Erdogan slant at Al-Jazeera English is sickening. They're painting Erdogan as some sort of Democratic saint.

 

[superdeluxe]

People responding to Erdogans call to take to the streets..

Fucking hell now thats stupid

Honestly good for them if they believe that strongly in their president.

 

[ironcreed]

@ragipsoylu
#BREAKING Footage shows civilians are taking over a tank in Turkey

@agirecudi
Ankara: Tank heading to Prime minster's palace. Protesters block the tank.


This will be a civil war.

Yeah, it's not like everyone was going to just hold hands and celebrate.

 

[Syncytia]

@ragipsoylu
#BREAKING Footage shows civilians are taking over a tank in Turkey

@agirecudi
Ankara: Tank heading to Prime minster's palace. Protesters block the tank.


This will be a civil war.

Violence during a coup does not mean it will escalate into a civil war. It could. But it's still early on.

 

[TheRealTalker]

Periscope stream

of rally

https://www.periscope.tv/fatihtezcan/1MYxNzbpwjVxw

not sure were

 

[SuperSah]

Periscope feed down?

Also, news reporting a military helicopter opened fire.

 

[jelly]

He was elected. Him asking people who elected him to stand for their vote is scummy?

Yeah, he means more than a protest. That's a cowardly move. It's not like the military are unjustified in this action.

 

[Fantastapotamus]

ZDF

ZDF is broadcasting some concert for me.