In reality he's more the latter than the former.
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Failed military coup in Turkey; Erdogan promising swift reprisal
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In reality he's more the latter than the former.
Regginator
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What the hell, is there a specific reason as to firing with F16s?? Surely the anti-coup protesters aren't posing that much of a threat...
everyday math
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People getting shot and tanks moving in.
Frozenprince
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Well given that the coup is stalling it's likely that he'll succeed in that to the roars of crowds.
It's really not that easy.
Erdogan is a shithead but he has a lot of support. Even if the military "wins" this could still turn into a total disaster and civil war.
At this point the most important thing is that whatever is happening happens quickly and that there is a clear winner.
TheSecondSpitter
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Kids on swings in the foreground. Surreal.
orthodoxy1095
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Amazing how many people we have in here who actually support Erdogan.
Disgusting.
Disgusting.
You see shots from a helicopter/plane in the night sky towards the ground/buildings. But nothing explicit.
You see light bolts shooting down, apparantlry an f-16 or chopper shooting. But its very dark and you can o ly see the light
Nothing explicit
cartoon_soldier
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This video has a lot of shooting
https://twitter.com/RobPulseNews/status/754081134321860608?ref_src=twsrc^tfw
https://twitter.com/RobPulseNews/status/754081134321860608?ref_src=twsrc^tfw
SuicidalSteve
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Oh god 
hobblygobbly
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Helicopter firing on unknown location, Reuters just tweeted this out, may not be specific to that video since there are multiple helicopters MORE: Turkish military helicopters open fire at national intelligence HQ, two loud explosion heard in center of Ankara - Reuters witnesses
ClosingADoor
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Yes, safe to click. Shots from helicopter or aircraft in the distance in the dark.
univariate
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Fuck You Erdogan for telling people to go into the streets.
Istanbul is lighting up.
Istanbul is lighting up.
The one I'm watching on the fox live stream clearly hasn't.
The kids in the playground below... Pretty dramatic juxtaposition.
Bam Bam Baklava
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And yet Erdogan is the good guy in all this according to some people. The guy would rather see people get shot in the street than let go of his power grab.
Glad you're an expert, might as well bless us all with the ominscient insight you were holding back.
His Majesty
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no gore or anything, just a helicopter (?) shooting
Army helicopter firing on something.
JonnyDBrit
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Journalist and a member of the AKP. Stream has said so.
From Erdogans party.
Reckheim
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no gore, just helicopter shooting in the distance
Boozeroony
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Kids should be sleeping at that hour.
cpp_is_king
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WTF, little kids playing out on the swings while F-16s go blasting right by spraying bullets.
Wishful thinking. This has the support of most of the military and is already successful in that they have closed off key bridges and are consolidating support. Without international intervention it is already over for Erdogan. The danger now is the pro-Erdogan forces taking to the streets and waking upto this reality. Last thing you want is a sort of civil war against the military. You could see bloodshed.
Ragnar Blackmane
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Save to click. Shows Attack Helicopters firing autocannons into the city, though we don't know who they are firing at
i actually know what those chants represent in context to this coup.. it's Erdogan's strand of Islamism that is dangerous. I don't care what you think it means.
Fantastapotamus
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That is the only way an overthrown party has a chance of retaking power. Throw bodies at the military and hope the military causes a slaughter which then turns the people against the Military.
Peoples lives are simply playthings for dictators
d00d3n
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What is this based on? Please provide some sources brah.
The situation is unclear and Erdogan controls a lot of the Turkish media so it's hard to get the truth. Some Erdogan stans in the thread are also muddying the conversation, but we really don't know the actual situation.
AKP party member, so her opinion is not very surprising
Chinese Cartoons
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She has god on her side.
This article, which predicted an eventual coup or civil strike back in September 2015, is good for getting a basic understanding of the political climate in Turkey
http://warontherocks.com/2015/09/turkish-winter-is-coming/
http://warontherocks.com/2015/09/turkish-winter-is-coming/
F16s don't hover. Those bursts came from the same location so I'm guessing that's from a helicopter.
Already Torn
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If only it was released they could be catching Pokemon instead
Frozenprince
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Again why? Erdogan is an autocrat. This is what they do to stay in power.
It's not graphic, though it is showing shots being fired from a helicopter at night from a distance.
Diprosalic
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wow the difference between BBC reporting and CNN is fascinating :/
Paasei
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That's not an F16 firing. Don't believe all the bullshit you are reading. It will be like this all night.
Stop being so ignorant. People who are against Erdogan are also against the coup. 90% of the coup supporters until now have been western people. The military is not the solution
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