Dark_Falcon Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Erdogan wants to patch the realtions to Israel that he had demolished so thoroughly. His time may be up. Twitter is blowing up with things out of Istanbul and Anakara. Troops on the streets, fighters in the air circling, the Bosporus bridges shut down, and even a since-deleted photo of an M-60A3 and an M113A3 in the street. It looks like something big has jumped off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim the Tank Nut Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 nothing on regular web yetkeep us postedTNN is the best news feed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavel Novak Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Report on RT:https://www.rt.com/news/351334-ankara-shooting-jets-helicopters/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohala Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 (edited) A Greek news site that I read reports that it is a coup attempt by part of the military. The Turkish PM avoided however to use the term "coup". The Greek term used is "rebellion". I don't know how accurate translation that is. ΕΔΙΤ: from the above link to RT's report I see that they don't make that distinction Edited July 15, 2016 by rohala Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Coup failed? Too bad. That will only solidify Erdogan's position... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohala Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 There are reports that the army has announced that it has taken control of the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Falcon Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 There are now photos of a tank and a modified M113 at Istanbul airport: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohala Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Coup failed? Too bad. That will only solidify Erdogan's position...Are you kidding? Erdogan is the elected president. He has a huge following in Anatolia. If the Turkish army wants to overthrow Erdogan than they must be ready to get their hands really dirty with the blood of their compatriots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohala Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Reportedly the Chief of the Turkish armed forces is being held hostage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRW Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Things are interesting.no real idea what is going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohala Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 (edited) I hear on Greek TV that they don't receive image from Ankara. EDIT: as opposed to Istanbul. Communication with Istanbul continues. Edited July 15, 2016 by rohala Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Good time to get in touch with American Embassy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohala Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Erdogan is reportedly about to address the nation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marek Tucan Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Reportedly the Chief of the Turkish armed forces is being held hostage.By the army or by the police? Anyway looks like a failed attempt in the long run - no Erdogan, no Prime Minister... Bridges and airport are nice, but what they needed was to decapitate the government (and seize state media). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Army, apparently. Several videos of helicopter opening fire on a ground target in Istanbul, allegedly on the General Staff building. But yeah, not getting Erdogan is a big fail for plotters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohala Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 A reporter from the Greek defense ministry says that the Greek military had recognized the irregular movement of military units around the country early in the afternoon, noting that there was no specific geographic concentration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 A reporter from the Greek defense ministry says that the Greek military had recognized the irregular movement of military units around the country early in the afternoon, noting that there was no specific geographic concentration.Implication that coup forces are spread throughout the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohala Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 What I heard: the state channel TRT is back on air and the coupists have announced that the coup restored democracy and secularity, and that a new constitution will be adopted in the following days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohala Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 A reporter from the Greek defense ministry says that the Greek military had recognized the irregular movement of military units around the country early in the afternoon, noting that there was no specific geographic concentration.Implication that coup forces are spread throughout the country. Yes. The coup is large scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marek Tucan Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 What I heard: the state channel TRT is back on air and the coupists have announced that the coup restored democracy and secularity, and that a new constitution will be adopted in the following days. A reporter from the Greek defense ministry says that the Greek military had recognized the irregular movement of military units around the country early in the afternoon, noting that there was no specific geographic concentration.Implication that coup forces are spread throughout the country. Yes. The coup is large scale. Hmm....What is the critical mass when NOT nabbing president and PM does not matter anymore? They would need a massive popular support (as in people in the streets) though, and Erdogan can probably call on more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucklucky Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 (edited) Well Turkey is already in a low level civil war. Edit:Now we just need the Chinese Gov. making something stupid... Edited July 15, 2016 by lucklucky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohala Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Erdogan speaks on CNN Turk through skype. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Falcon Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 What I heard: the state channel TRT is back on air and the coupists have announced that the coup restored democracy and secularity, and that a new constitution will be adopted in the following days. Erdogan has made a statement ... via Facetime. The news anchor on a non-gov station in Turkey had to hold up her phone to play it. The Sultan is deep trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Few mins ago: crowd applauding troops in Taksim. Stand off between civilians and police but no movement. Tense.https://twitter.com/AlevScott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRW Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Go bags being packed.though here no sound of anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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