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

[topum.livejournal.com]

I have been trying to respond but i get logged out every minute. Yes some of his suporters took to the streets.

The military say they do this to restore secular democracy destroyed by erdogan.

[diejacobsleiter.livejournal.com]

Traditionally, military in Turkey were secularly oriented. But the world's changing, so who knows what game they are playing now. First statements have no other purpose than to calm US and NATO down. US forces are there, you know...

[topum.livejournal.com]

Yes, but not to an extent where Islamists would be claiming that they are after restoring secular democracy.

[diejacobsleiter.livejournal.com]

Let's hope so. But I wouldn't believe in their hot democratic feelings too much. Some of "Arab spring" coups began under accompaniment of democratic rhetorics but then turned islamist. The brightest examples: 1st Egyptian revolution against pres. Mubarak and later - this Syrian revolution against pres. Assad. In egyptian case, US were happy and stopped supporting the legal powers, in Syria, they even began to support rebellions. I love US, but their international affairs are stupid and violent, so people try not to confront them...

[topum.livejournal.com]

It seems to be over anyway.

[diejacobsleiter.livejournal.com]

With such amount of Erdogan supporters, I'd prefer to see the end of it ASAP. Otherwise it will turn bloody.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

I saw people last night saying that wasn't Turkey? I saw lots of people saying it was Morocco in 2015.

It was shared as Turkey last night but they started sharing it almost at the same moment as Erdogan's appeal, which I think might have been before there were many people on the streets?

At any rate there are plenty of real 2016 Turkey crowd photos available now!

[topum.livejournal.com]

I think you are right, that wasn't Turkey.

[diejacobsleiter.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you. One never knows in what sort of media shit one steps next moment. The next day after Nice, I saw the foto of the Eifel tower in fire...