Non-IT News Thread
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I retract my previous statement and hope it's true soon
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OK the conflicting reports seem to be because the military is re-opening the airports to allow people to leave, and that's being reported as the military "backing down." They haven't backed down from anything else (yet).
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lol CNN saying that Turkey's been instrumental in the fight against ISIS, yes, if they mean by making it more difficult because they bomb people fighting ISIS.
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Gun fire confirmed.
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Suddenly things really, really quiet, spooky quiet he says.
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Updates will have a to stop for a moment, my brother has to use the bathroom lol
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More gunfire and explosions in Istanbul near the Airport. Same for Ankara. Totally unclear who is firing.
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Mosques playing call to prayer, something which is abnormal for this hour, likely to try to get people to come out.
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They got some goofy Turkish nationalist on Sky pretending to be neutral.
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https://twitter.com/RobPulseNews/status/754081134321860608
Video, classes between police and military.
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As far as I know, he was denied to land here. Rumors are he's on the way to London.
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@thwr said in Non-IT News Thread:
As far as I know, he was denied to land here. Rumors are he's on the way to London.
Maybe David Cameron is our generation's Neville Chamberlain?
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More gunfire on the bridge
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Russian state TV, NTV, surprisingly balanced in reporting so far.
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@tonyshowoff said in Non-IT News Thread:
Russian state TV, NTV, surprisingly balanced in reporting so far.
Just checking German stations... I think the coup will be over when they are finished with the ads.
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@thwr said in Non-IT News Thread:
@tonyshowoff said in Non-IT News Thread:
Russian state TV, NTV, surprisingly balanced in reporting so far.
Just checking German stations... I think the coup will be over when they are finished with the ads.
http://www.n-tv.de/mediathek/livestream/Militaerputsch-in-der-Tuerkei-article9511936.html
At least 5 people have been injured by gunfire while they tried to cross that bridge.
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It definitely seems like reports from a little while ago that things calming down turn out to be probably very wrong and that this may be the start of a minor civil war, depending on how much support Erdagon can muster, and/or if he can split up the military.
