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Postby Greed and Death » Fri Jul 15, 2016 6:16 pm

Pro coup supporters are being armed by the military with surplus weapons.
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Postby Valaran » Fri Jul 15, 2016 6:16 pm

FOX Turkey reports that one of the bombing helicopters (of the two we know of) landed at Turkish Armed Forces Headquarters. The lights of the building went off for a moment, now back on

Eristia wrote:
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most won't have internet access - YT got blocked in Turkey irrc.

Social media was blocked after the coup started


except snapchat lol
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Postby Vlamistaatti » Fri Jul 15, 2016 6:17 pm

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Baltenstein wrote:I take it the guy in the pink shirt is the leader of the coup?

No, he's Erdogan's secret identity.
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Postby Kalifati Arab shqiptar » Fri Jul 15, 2016 6:17 pm

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Kalifati Arab shqiptar wrote:Your passive aggressiveness is what Western Europeans leaders are doing everyday, too afraid to do anything so they align with the strongest side.

it didn't end well when the West threw their support behind a side and got burned.

They did with Hitler and are doing it with the money kings of the Arab World
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Postby Nariterrr » Fri Jul 15, 2016 6:17 pm

Saradena wrote:Aaaand just like that, the coup's starting to fail.

This will end overnight.
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Postby Orberstine » Fri Jul 15, 2016 6:17 pm

Saradena wrote:Aaaand just like that, the coup's starting to fail.

It is? This was shorter than I thought it would be if it is.
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Postby Calimera II » Fri Jul 15, 2016 6:17 pm

greed and death wrote:Pro coup supporters are being armed by the military with surplus weapons.

Where are you getting this information?!
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Postby Chkalovsk » Fri Jul 15, 2016 6:17 pm

any updates
im eager
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Postby Kalifati Arab shqiptar » Fri Jul 15, 2016 6:17 pm

Nariterrr wrote:
Saradena wrote:Aaaand just like that, the coup's starting to fail.

This will end overnight.

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Postby Aarnonia » Fri Jul 15, 2016 6:17 pm

Eristia wrote:
Valaran wrote:

most won't have internet access - YT got blocked in Turkey irrc.

Social media was blocked after the coup started

Literally nothing is blocked. Where are you guys getting this from?
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Postby Organized States » Fri Jul 15, 2016 6:17 pm

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Organized States wrote:CNN Photojournalist whom they interviewed via cellphone from Ankara.

What was his name? I am really interested!!

Hold on, let me see if they uploaded his audio file yet. He had an accent that was not Turkish though. Sounded Hispanic of some kind (didn't seem Latino, though).
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Postby Chkalovsk » Fri Jul 15, 2016 6:17 pm

Calimera II wrote:
greed and death wrote:Pro coup supporters are being armed by the military with surplus weapons.

Where are you getting this information?!

I want to know this too.
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Postby Liriena » Fri Jul 15, 2016 6:17 pm

Great Feng wrote:
Baltenstein wrote:I take it the guy in the pink shirt is the leader of the coup?

No, he's Erdogan's secret identity.
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Postby Avrellon » Fri Jul 15, 2016 6:17 pm

Hurriyet Daily has reported a hostage-taking at their headquarters. Not clear by who; the story is literally two sentences long.

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/a-grou ... sCatID=341
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Postby Calimera II » Fri Jul 15, 2016 6:17 pm

I know it is hard, considering the fact that most of us just repeat things said on tv, but could everyone please try to include sources?
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Postby Chkalovsk » Fri Jul 15, 2016 6:18 pm

Aarnonia wrote:
Eristia wrote:Social media was blocked after the coup started

Literally nothing is blocked. Where are you guys getting this from?

Are you in Ankara?
Apparently its blocked in Ankara.
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Postby Kalifati Arab shqiptar » Fri Jul 15, 2016 6:18 pm

Chkalovsk wrote:any updates
im eager

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Postby Ostroeuropa » Fri Jul 15, 2016 6:18 pm

Let's hope for a quick resolution to the crisis.
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Postby Valaran » Fri Jul 15, 2016 6:18 pm

Chkalovsk wrote:any updates
im eager



Valaran wrote:FOX Turkey reports that one of the bombing helicopters (of the two we know of) landed at Turkish Armed Forces Headquarters. The lights of the building went off for a moment, now back on



Streets are empty around there, and at least one lawmaker may have been killed.


Erdogan is about to speak to the press.
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Postby Great Feng » Fri Jul 15, 2016 6:18 pm

Liriena wrote:
Great Feng wrote:No, he's Erdogan's secret identity.
The Pink Knight!

*cue Hans Zimmer music*

This needs to be a meme.
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Postby Skappola » Fri Jul 15, 2016 6:18 pm

It sounds like this may escalate to civil war. Despite the fighting in Istanbul, the military remains in full control of Ankara.
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Postby Nariterrr » Fri Jul 15, 2016 6:18 pm

It appears that Erdogan is giving an address,

Hospital admits 150 people.
Honestly who knows what about anything anymore.
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Postby Kalifati Arab shqiptar » Fri Jul 15, 2016 6:18 pm

Ostroeuropa wrote:Let's hope for a quick resolution to the crisis.

Literally what every leader says but doesn't mean it
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Postby Avrellon » Fri Jul 15, 2016 6:18 pm

inb4 he has a KYM page by sunrise
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