Attempted Coup underway in Turkey. Facebook and Twitter blocked

LeinsterDub

leavingirl wrote: »

Isn't it some coincidence that the 9/11 28 pages news story came out at 18:14 GMT

Yes, yes it is.

leavingirl

First Up wrote: »

dloob wrote:

Not the first time it's happened there. The army is sworn to uphold the secular constitution. Erdoghan has been doing his best to undermine it and crown him self sultan of his new caliphate.

Coups every 10-12 years. Major hassle for visitors but doubt it will be bloody.

In fairness to Erdogan he was elected by a big majority but his moves to install himself long term might be a bigger issue than any Islamic agenda. Turkey is pretty relaxed about that stuff.

But this one is hugely significant in the present climate

leavingirl

Erdo was on holiday apparently

mightybashful

blackdog2 wrote: »

Luckily for us in such situations we are allowed use UK consular services

Big bad Boris may put an end to this

vg88

This looks like it'll turn bloody, police v army?

testicles

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leavingirl

Erdo requesting asylum in Germany! Reports...

GerB40

buckfasterer wrote: »

I wonder did last nights events have any influence in this.

A successful coup takes a lot of planning. If they are successful then they knew it was happening tonight. Maybe Erdogan's support for ISIS pissed off some in the military and the Nice attack was the straw that broke the camels back..

vg88

AFP reporting an explosion in ankara

Harry Angstrom

About time they got rid of him.

GerB40

There's reports that's he asked for asylum in Germany.

vg88

https://twitter.com/AP/status/754071069141692417

vg88

reports of a helicopter firing over the city, Daily mail posted a video so dunno if it's legit <iframe allowfullscreen frameborder="0" width="698" height="573" scrolling="no" id="molvideoplayer" title="MailOnline Embed Player" src="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/embed/video/1309468.html"></iframe&gt;

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3692693/Turkish-military-launch-attempted-coup-depose-government.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline#ixzz4EW4Jazt9

Also photos in large plume of smoke in the article

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/07/15/22/3652889D00000578-3692693-Eyewitnesses_have_posted_photographs_of_a_large_explosion_in_the-m-3_1468617077979.jpg

Ben D Bus

Erdogan was posting updates on FB up to 25 minutes ago. Google translate is poor but it's possible to work out what he's (or whoever is posting for him) saying. He appears to be calling people onto the streets and to the airport (Ataturk? Ankara?)

https://www.facebook.com/RecepTayyipErdogan/

Padster90s

First Up wrote: »

What would you suggest they do?

We don't have the ability to move probably 100s of Irish out of the country. Most people will want out. If moving people out starts, Irish people will be at the back of the queue. Irish Foreign Affairs won't be able to move them so they'll have to wait for another country to help. Might not be to bad though, coups are nothing new in Turkey

HiJacques

If Boris Johnson was elected Foreign Minister of Turkey it would have sparked a coup so who knows what the actual trigger was but the military are secular so there's no fear of anything particularly ugly replacing Erdogan.

moc moc a moc

buckfasterer wrote: »

I wonder did last nights events have any influence in this.

You think the Turkish army just up and took over the country because some guy ran some people over in France?

Obviously this has been planned for some time.

DeadHand

Excellent news.

The enlightened spirit of Ataturk is alive and well.

If the Turks can restore reason, as the Egyptians are attempting, it will go a long way toward combating global Islamism and making the world a safer, saner place.

Next step- expect European based Islamists and their comrades in the European Left to start wailing about oppressive "military juntas" denying the world another Islamic paradise- like, you know, Saudi Arabia, Iran or the Islamic State.

Francie Barrett

DeadHand wrote: »

Excellent news.

The enlightened spirit of Ataturk is alive and well.

If the Turks can restore reason, as the Egyptians are attempting, it will go a long way toward combating global Islamism and making the world a safer, saner place.

Next step- expect European based Islamists and their comrades in the European Left to start wailing about oppressive "military juntas" denying the world another Islamic paradise- like, you know, Saudi Arabia, Iran or the Islamic State.

I hope they will win, but I suspect they will fail. Just like in Russia, Turks may prefer the leadership of a dictator to a democrat.

Billy86

dloob wrote: »

Just being announced now apparently.
To restore democracy and the secular rule of law that has been eroded by the government.

So if they run an election... and the people want another person similar to Erdogan... what then?

paul71

Worst thing that could happen here would be an indecisive result in the coup attempt one way or the other, a civil war in Turkey would make syria/iraq/afgan look like chicken feed.