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Failed military coup in Turkey; Erdogan promising swift reprisal
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It's pretty much SOP for him to issue this kind of statement, even if no one really means it.
I saw also a footage (the one on the bridge) the people weren't dead and just gone to the floor and then get up and booing at the army. The footage I saw was warning shots.
But maybe you saw other footage than me.
I didn't bookmarked it tho but was posted some page back.
Kralamoonard
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Lol I mean in turkey it's the case they have the choice to wear or not ha my bad
And there we go.
cartoon_soldier
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Planned by Junior officers it is looking like.
Would be game over if true?
Who is this NTV that AFP is giving as the source?
I'm in Turkey right now on holiday, in the Hisaronu region in the south (Fethiye). Flown in to Dalaman airport.
Really short on details now and internet is out so I'm having to be fucked on mobile data to contact people.
Can someone advise what to do in this situation? Sleep is out the window, thanks.
Really short on details now and internet is out so I'm having to be fucked on mobile data to contact people.
Can someone advise what to do in this situation? Sleep is out the window, thanks.
Diprosalic
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turkish news station
Already Torn
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I can promise you that I have no say in what actually happens, that doesn't mean I can't hope for an outcome.
orthodoxy1095
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THEY WERE DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED, DON'T YOU GET IT. WHO CARES IF THEY ACT UNDEMOCRATICALLY!
/s
Kralamoonard
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Yeah I think so, this is what was posted earlier.
https://mobile.twitter.com/AP/status/754083364454428672
Sky News also confirmed this.
TheLostBigBoss
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CNN is also reporting that an F16 shot down a helicopter
massivekettle
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CNN also reporting this on TV, FYI.
Is it confirmed that he was actually flying around asking for entry?
If all of them were on the SAME helicopter, then they truly are the STUPIDEST coup plotters in history.
Don't have sources either but on the Dutch news (we have a lot of Turkish connections and people in our country) is saying that this is the case as well.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=44c_1468614128
Choppers are firing, maybe a F-16 pilot is trying to help the people and is against the coup? Who knows.
Edit: On the news in The Netherlands it keeps getting confirmed about the F-16 fighter jet and police men.
NATO country, US troops stationed there, democratically elected president, bad history with military coups and probably has some insider infos on likely scenarios.
Regginator
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I'm watching Dutch public broadcasting now (Nieuwsuur) and they're also talking about multiple dead (didn't specify if it was 17) and an army helicopter being shot down. I will post the written source when I find it.
Fine Ham Abounds
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I shouldn't laugh right now, but thanks for this
Yeah all inclusive place. Was meant to be heading out on a boat tomorrow, fucks sake.
Hope they got banned forever and their IP too...
cartoon_soldier
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Stay put and if you can contact your embassy.
BrownWalrus
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Does anybody know anything about the airport in Instanbul? Heard it was closed down but then heard another statement that said flights are still continuing at the discretion of the individual airlines.
I have family friends coming to visit in the states and they have to travel to Instanbul and then after a 7 hour layover travel down here. Their flights still say scheduled, but Turkish Airlines isn't picking up. It says "you have reached a non functioning phone number" or "your call cannot be completed as dialed".
I have family friends coming to visit in the states and they have to travel to Instanbul and then after a 7 hour layover travel down here. Their flights still say scheduled, but Turkish Airlines isn't picking up. It says "you have reached a non functioning phone number" or "your call cannot be completed as dialed".
MMaRsu
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Wow..
Yeah, we'll need video or photo sources to confirm this...
CNN is saying it because CNN Turk is reporting it. CNN Turk was also the channel that put Erdogan on the air via Facetime.
mgarnica89
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Not sure what's happening here...
LegendofLex
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its gonna be bad either way
Already Torn
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I didn't even think of it that way haha
NyMartin90
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I mean if F-16s are dispatched that must mean high command is making orders to take out these aircraft. Surely there is higher clearance needed to dispatch the Turkish Airforce than a helicopter.
Not taking sides here just making an inference
Erdogan is about as democractic as Putin.
Pretty sure that's complete BS. Why would he ask for asylum right now? Also, he seems to be at the Turkish coast right now.
Eaten By A Grue
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CNN on TV just said the jet shot down the helicopter.
Diprosalic
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we don't even know who is behind it.
ClosingADoor
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Stay at the hotel seems to be the safest. Contact your embassy when you can for further advise.
Not sure what's happening here...
war crime
depends on how that happens, how quickly, and what the winners do afterwards.
We won't know all the repercussions of tonight until quite a while.
cartoon_soldier
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By the way, The Turkish Constitution says that the military must safeguard the secular nature of Turkey
fierrotlepou
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Not sure what's happening here...
Looks like warning shots.
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