Military Coup underway in Turkey?

[fan_since79]

It's all over Twitter, and Reuters is covering it now.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-istanbul-bridges-idUSKCN0ZV2FE?il=0

[fan_since79]

from a local Twitter page:

#Turkey updates:
- Shooting in Army General Staff
- Security forces on high alert
- Bridges closed
- Fate of Erdogan & PM is unknown yet

[nate]

Sounds like it failed?

 

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

We have an office there.  Currently everyone there is fine but depending on how this shakes out who knows what it means long term as far as stability goes. 

[Lou]

i'm hungry now

[Lou]

a NATO member nation under an attempted military coup

nice

[red321]

Current Turkish political leadership is becoming increasingly authoritarian and theocratic...wonder how much of that played into the military attempting to overthrow the government.

[Blarg]

So I guess this means Turkey is not joining the EU.

[gotbeer]

Reports: Turkish military 'fully seizes' control of country

Still conflicting reports about whether it succeeded or not.  This was a lol though.

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The military said it seized control "to reinstall the constitutional order, democracy, human rights and freedoms, to ensure that the rule of law once again reigns in the country, for the law and order to be reinstated."

 

[red321]

42 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

Reports: Turkish military 'fully seizes' control of country

The military said it seized control "to reinstall the constitutional order, democracy, human rights and freedoms, to ensure that the rule of law once again reigns in the country, for the law and order to be reinstated."

 

Oddly enough...depending on details not known by us at the moment...there might be some truth in that

[gotbeer]

Erdogan asks Turkish people to thwart coup attempt

Looks like it's not over yet. 

[Lou]

1 hour ago, red321 said:

Current Turkish political leadership is becoming increasingly authoritarian and theocratic...wonder how much of that played into the military attempting to overthrow the government.

I would say a lot

if you're the president of a country and have to use FaceTime to get your message out, I'd have to say that you're days are numbered.

[gotbeer]

How much of a piece of shit must you be?  Your country is in a coup.  And NATO, your allies, say, let's see how this plays out.  Heck, even the U.S., who has military bases in the country, has a statement of shelter and place to it's citizens.  But nothing to denounce or support.

[Tank]

i wonder who the armenians are rooting for.

 

 

too soon?

[Blarg]

I'd give it another century. 

[gotbeer]

ABC says the coup was defeated.  Although there is still fighting going on. 

[wopphil]

1 hour ago, Tank said:

i wonder who the armenians are rooting for.

 

 

too soon?

Tank, as someone who is 1/4 Armenian (I don't use drakar and don't drive a German vehicle), I approve this comment.

[Jay]

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/yen-retreating-again-115300625.html

The Turkish lira just crashed

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Who's holding Turkish liras?

 

[Amazing Larry]

Crossing fingers that Erdogan is hung from a lamppost. 

[Kevin]

48 minutes ago, calscuf said:

Sounds like the coup may have lost.

That sucks. Erdogan is such a fag.

Tom Cruise in talks about playing the leader of the coup. 

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Amazing but true, and it could only happen on Facebook. In one of the aviation forums that I frequent, a guy with a flight scheduled to Turkey within the next few days wanted to know if this would affect flights. If I were considering a trip to a place where the government could be overthrown, my first question wouldn't be whether the airport was still open.

[AngelsLongBall]

52 minutes ago, Vegas Halo Fan said:

Amazing but true, and it could only happen on Facebook. In one of the aviation forums that I frequent, a guy with a flight scheduled to Turkey within the next few days wanted to know if this would affect flights. If I were considering a trip to a place where the government could be overthrown, my first question wouldn't be whether the airport was still open.

Happens every other month in Fiji.  

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Vegas Halo Fan]

9 minutes ago, AngelsLongBall said:

Happens every other month in Fiji.  

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Yeah, but Fiji is a string of remote islands and the country doesn't really have anything of strategic importance. I wouldn't be quite as concerned.

[arch stanton]

Incirlik was pretty cool in the 90's. From what I've heard it's now just another gloomy shithole full of grumpy Islamic fanboys.

[Amazing Larry]

9 hours ago, arch stanton said:

Incirlik was pretty cool in the 90's. From what I've heard it's now just another gloomy shithole full of grumpy Islamic fanboys.

Apparently the airspace above Incirlik is currently closed and all air operations are grounded.