https://twitter.com/business/status/754051489467883520

https://twitter.com/JustBanter__/status/754044364578488321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

wtf is going on

the world is literally falling apart

if anyone knows what sparked this whole scenario please post it here, I don't know what was happening before this and what lead to this.

Turkey has youtube, twitter, and facebook now blocked
Istanbul airport has been seized
There are military tanks in the streets

Military statement:

“To regain our constitutional, democratic & human rights, we are now officially controlling the country"

And now the Greek military is on alert of the suspected coup

Their PM Erdogan isn't a very popular guy

Chopper going full auto, crazy...

https://twitter.com/dalyan/status/754049417691426816/video/1

is it because he inprisons people that insult/cirticise him?

So they've blocked external communications, but are claiming to be doing this to “To regain our constitutional, democratic & human rights, we are now officially controlling the country"???

I love their logic

https://www.reddit.com/live/x9gf3donjlkq

if you want to follow it

Yeah that EU membership isnt going to work out

I am not too familiar with Erdogan's choices regarding things like foreign policy which I imagine also mounted to this moment but he reportedly ran the country like a dictator. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable about that part of the world would be able to explain in greater detail.

http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/erdogans-march-to-dictatorship-in-turkey

I imagine that was the government doing that and not the military. Erdogan issued some statement that was like "There is no longer a coup, there is nothing to worry about" and right now it's being reported that the military has successfully taken over the country. He probably didn't want the outside world to know the situation is out of his hands.

jesus
https://twitter.com/NuclearAnthro/status/754049683828281344/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
that's really fucking scary I hope for the turkish people's safeties right now

rumor has it Russia is somehow involved in all that, russians make jokes about how does Putin even have time to sleep with all these revolutions he controls, far from being funny but if so oh boy our reputation is going even deeper down than it already is

Citizens have reported gunfire near the capital which I imagine would be an exchange between military forces and police.

Also something like this is very scary in such a tense point in history, but military coups are not an uncommon thing in Turkey. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Military_coups_in_Turkey

well this is different

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If this is anything like the 80s, they'll just rewrite the constitution and keep relations with external countries the same. So we shouldn't be too worried about any wars breaking out. Let's hope this doesn't become a giant bloodbath.

phew i'm glad they waited for wall st. to close for the weekend.

this is the 4th coup attempt. Apparently this happens when the government gets too theocratic so the army is compelled to smack some sense into them and "restore" democracy and secularism

The Turkish military had previously stated that the undemocratic and Islam oriented politics of Erdogan are not to their liking.
Maybe now they act on this?

hello

since i got insta -2 with me saying "hello" let me explain.

For those of you who don't know about how majority of Turkey thinks about Erdogan, me + many people hate him for what he says on news and for what he does. Other uneducated parts ( would add more but don't really know the exact explanation in english) support him and they listen to Erdogan's call of starting a riot against the military. Atm for me where I live is basically the same.. I can't go out for now and the people who are already out are rioting on some certain places where it is guarded . The main thing goes on at Ankara (The capital city of Turkey) and Istanbul. So the point is, there might be a civil war because of Erdogan against military OR the military backs up and everything just goes on on its own way as usual but a bit worse. Probably couldn't explain it clearly but tried my best.

Statistically speaking everytime the average years between a coup go above 11 they quickly fix it to hold their 9 point something average. So statistically speaking it was about time.

Erdogan is a twat though and had it coming.

I hope no one has to die for this shit, but I fear that won't happen.

I think some people died already, the military was shooting to the people coming on the bridge, from the tv camera you could clearly see people falling on the ground.

Erdogan says the constitution is going to be modified after this.

Modern Turkey's founding under Ataturk was based on a bedrock of separation of mosque and state. It has been extremely important to the country for the past 95 years. Erdogan, in his ~15 years as PM and now President, has slowly and methodically taken the country towards dictatorial Islamism.

He has essentially rewritten parts of the constitution and ignored others. There is a clause in the constitution that says the military is legally compelled to overthrow the government should it become run by religion. That is part of the reason coups happen so often: it is socially ingrained into the population.

Oh, and rural populations tend to be more religiously minded (less educated, more conservative), so they support Erdogan. Urban populations are more influenced by Western culture and ideals and are more educated so they tend to oppose him.

fascism is in fashion in 2016

edit: oh shit I didn't read any of the posts above me and this came across really rude and targeting the wrong people, my bad :x

ur giving me a cringe attack

Stay safe friend. I dearly hope that no innocent lives will be taken despite the history of coups there

Just the Turkish military upholding their proud traditions of buttfucking the fundies.
About time someone put Erdogan on the firing line.

Just dropped off a Danish friend at the airport so he can get to Turkey... praying everything goes alright.

if you haven't read a thread, don't fucking post in it