Non-IT News Thread
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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.
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@tonyshowoff said in Non-IT News Thread:
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.
It seems to be the Military vs Police somehow - very confusing!
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@MattSpeller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@tonyshowoff said in Non-IT News Thread:
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.
It seems to be the Military vs Police somehow - very confusing!
Well the police are sort of Erdagon's own personal "army" because it's commanded by people loyal to him and his autocratic policies, that's probably why.
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@MattSpeller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@tonyshowoff said in Non-IT News Thread:
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.
It seems to be the Military vs Police somehow - very confusing!
It's just wild guessing right now. Problem is, Erdogan placed lots of people into key positions at the police.T he german reporter just said that he heard that the whole military is supporting the coup - if so, the police wouldn't have any chance.
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@thwr said in Non-IT News Thread:
@MattSpeller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@tonyshowoff said in Non-IT News Thread:
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.
It seems to be the Military vs Police somehow - very confusing!
It's just wild guessing right now. Problem is, Erdogan placed lots of people into key positions at the police.T he german reporter just said that he heard that the whole military is supporting the coup - if so, the police wouldn't have any chance.
Certainly true, if all branches of the armed forces are behind it, it's over, as far as general force goes, though the people can be unpredictable.
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Brother says things are calm, going to take a nap, pretty late, been up a long time. Anything crazy happens I'll be sure to update, assuming I'm not completely unconscious.
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@tonyshowoff said in Non-IT News Thread:
@thwr said in Non-IT News Thread:
@MattSpeller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@tonyshowoff said in Non-IT News Thread:
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.
It seems to be the Military vs Police somehow - very confusing!
It's just wild guessing right now. Problem is, Erdogan placed lots of people into key positions at the police.T he german reporter just said that he heard that the whole military is supporting the coup - if so, the police wouldn't have any chance.
Certainly true, if all branches of the armed forces are behind it, it's over.
Tanks and fighter jets at least. This is not just one or two rogue commanders I guess.
