Turkey, wow.

[topum]

Everyone is clued to their TVs here trying to understand what is going in Turkey. Romanian TV reports that a coup is going on there.

BBC started getting more details (still nothing on CNN):

Turkey's PM has denounced an "illegal action" by a military "group", with bridges closed in Istanbul and aircraft flying low over the capital, Ankara.

Binali Yildirim said the military action was not authorised but it was not a coup. He said that the government remained in charge.

Traffic has been stopped from crossing both the Bosphorus and Fatih Sultan Mehmet bridges in Istanbul.
There are also reports of gunshots in the capital Ankara.

Mr Yildirim told NTV television by telephone: "We are working on the possibility of an attempt. We will not allow this attempt." He did not elaborate.

"Those who are in this illegal act will pay the highest price," he added, saying it would not be correct to describe the move as a "coup".

Wow.

Comments

[mallorys-camera.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm riveted to the news here though I can't imagine that US media outlets are telling the whole story. True, the military is more secular than Erdogan but it runs on cheap ISIS oil, no?

[topum.livejournal.com]

Yes, their message at the moment seems to be that what they are doing is necessary to restore secular democracy in the country, which has been almost destroyed by Erdogan. I have never been clear on who runs on ISIS oil in Turkey.

[bluemeanybeany.livejournal.com]

if you want a decent english language live feed, the BBC one correlates sources from a variety of areas and is usually a good way to follow a running timeline
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-36811357

[topum.livejournal.com]

Yeah, BBC has a good feed on this.