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    #11
    Interesting developments at CNN Turk:

    - coup soldiers initially "arrested" CNN staff at gunpoint to stop broadcast
    - civilian protesters show up at building, stopped coup soldiers from taking the CNN staff
    - (pro-Erdogan) police force arrests coup soldiers
    - police force now protecting coup soldiers from protesters
    - CNN staff have not officially resumed broadcast, but they're currently talking to Anderson Cooper live on TV

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    Mukhang pumalpak ang coup...

    'The coup has failed': Turkish supporters of Islamist government face down troops during botched takeover as president gets air force's support and flies back to Istanbul to be cheered by crowd
    *Turkish troops have launched a military coup according to the government with helicopters firing on capital Ankara
    *Turkish PM Binali Yildirim told reporters: 'We will not allow this attempt' although the military said they are in control
    *Explosions and gunfire have been reported in several locations with fast attack jets patrolling over the skies
    *The Turkish military claimed they have taken power in order to protect the civil rights of the population
    *President Recep Erdogan has used 'FaceTime' to call on the population to take to the streets to oppose the coup

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    Reports are coming out about casualities in and around Ankara. It seems at one point a helicopter opened fire on police and civilians earlier during the night, and may have attacked the parliament building

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    Now Turkey....

    That part of the world is just concerning...

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    interesting to note that the Turkish Armed Forces, unlike the western model, "do not" really answer to the president. they are sort of watchdogs or guardians of the ideology of Modern Turkey's founder's (Ataturk) vision of secularism. Erdogan has been more and more "islamic" and wants Sharia law implementation, which the majority of the country opposes.

    there are also stories that the TAF are the most trusted state institution in Turkey.

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    CNN footage showing soldier with arms raised in surrender, walking over a bridge on the Bosphorus.

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    Its not over yet: Turkish F-16's have blown up tanks positioned outside the Parliament building

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    bad trip isa pa naman yan sa bucket list for my trip sa eastern. Istanbul is the former Constantinople, Byzantine and the Eastern Roman Empire. I'm more inclined to believe that Christianity started there coz of Constantine. sayang, and kaya masira na yan? Syria is so down na. Did you know that Syria is never really Muslim, it's the outpost of the Crusades to the middle east before Jerusalem.

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    Read on twitter: Turkish military helicopter lands in Greece, 8 seek political asylum

    While the general consensus is that this coup was amateurish, do consider that the hotel Erdogan was staying at was bombed shortly after he left for Turkey. Tanks and helicopters were also laying siege on the Parliament building. Kung nagkataon, they could have wiped the Turkish political scenery in one night.
    Last edited by badkuk; July 16th, 2016 at 07:21 PM.

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    #20
    Some breaking news on CNN: Incirlik airbase, being used by the US to bomb ISIS, has been sealed off, power cut.


    Hmmm...it seems there are some nukes there

    Twitter lighting up, incident not being reported on TV yet
    Last edited by badkuk; July 16th, 2016 at 10:36 PM.

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