Coup Attempt? in Turkey

[Fondue]

Get caught alive anyway. Why even coup if you gonna drop your weapons to the police force....

Seriously, they were probably in a tank

Go out big like that lone ranger in the helicopter raining justice from above

[Cail]

A common theme I've heard across networks, is comparing Erdagon to Putin.

Consolidating power, more authoritarian, arresting those against him, etc

[Cail]

Sky News Newsdesk ‏@SkyNewsBreak 5 minutes ago
Update - Reuters: Witness says soldiers have taken control of #Istanbul's Ataturk airport

[thetruepandagod]

this is some back and forth wigwam shit, gonna take a nap and see if i wake up to nukes flyin

[Cail]

Heading to work...someone else keep up the updates

[The Stig]

Was watching BBC news for a bit... if one takes out all context and overlays on all video clips that are safe to show on TV, it really feels like everyone is just out en masse playing Pokemon Go.

[Tarage]

The coup I believe is all but failed. This will not end well for anyone involved. The people who were a part of the coup are as good as dead, and Eragon or whatever is going to use this as an excuse to purge who he doesn't like. This is the worst possible outcome for Turkey, and for the world.

[BadKarma]

RIP Kurds. You guys had a good run.

[kuronosan]

But hey we're all about freedom just as long as you're not giving us vital access to your airspace.

[Zetanio]

Talked to my Turkish ex and she is disappointed and scared as fuck. Given the history of military intervention in Turkey.

[Cail]

Prosecutors in Ankara reporting at least 42 dead

[Andalusian girls]

But hey we're all about freedom just as long as you're not giving us vital access to your airspace.

the freedom of a rogue military clique using armed force to overturn the will of the people and overthrow democratically elected leaders in the sterling tradition of Napoleonic representation

euphemism aside would you suggest it is not in our interest to combat Daesh? would you suggest such an endeavor is not also a moral imperative? Erdogan presently aids us in that moral and self-interested endeavor, just as once Stalin's sadistic Bolshevik regime aided us in defeating a greater evil in the Axis, and as once the Great Emancipator Abraham Lincoln sent runaway slaves back to their owners at the start of the Civil War so pro-Union slave states would not join the Confederacy.

effective geopolitics does not have the purity Berners seek but you would do well not to reduce it to the moral dichotomy of a child. there are competing moral claims and we navigate them as best we can. in the present instance of two undemocratic yet non-extremist forces clashing stability and an end to the violence is the prerogative as violence breeds extremism among all actors.

[thetruepandagod]

https://www.periscope.tv/w/1nAKEbvYkQXGL

Civilians storming a bridge and shots are being fired. Live right now. Coup seems beaten but shit still happening.

https://twitter.com/DEFCONWS/status/754152154898714624

Did the coup succeed in sparking a civil war?

[kuronosan]

the freedom of a rogue military clique using armed force to overturn the will of the people and overthrow democratically elected leaders in the sterling tradition of Napoleonic representation

euphemism aside would you suggest it is not in our interest to combat Daesh? would you suggest such an endeavor is not also a moral imperative? Erdogan presently aids us in that moral and self-interested endeavor, just as once Stalin's sadistic Bolshevik regime aided us in defeating a greater evil in the Axis, and as once the Great Emancipator Abraham Lincoln sent runaway slaves back to their owners at the start of the Civil War so pro-Union slave states would not join the Confederacy.

effective geopolitics does not have the purity Berners seek but you would do well not to reduce it to the moral dichotomy of a child. there are competing moral claims and we navigate them as best we can. in the present instance of two undemocratic yet non-extremist forces clashing stability and an end to the violence is the prerogative as violence breeds extremism among all actors.

No, not at all. I'm just saying that's the reason we are encouraging the coup to fail. Military interest.

[Cail]

Over 70 dead.

Soldiers on the Bosporus surrendered

[Cail]

Just saw a video of another tank running over civilians. On conflicts twitter

[Cail]

Pro-government jets dropping bombs at coup tanks outside presidential palace in Ankara

[Cail]

State run media reporting 754 members if armed forces arrested

[Cail]

Turkish Red Cross reporting over 1000 injuries

[Cail]

Turkish Interior Minister saying 29 colonels and 5 generals have been sacked, some arrested