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By:
TheChaser
When: 16 Jul 16 00:07
Laugh
By:
brassneck
When: 16 Jul 16 00:08
Anyone with loved ones in turkey must be in a terrible state tonight.
By:
TheChaser
When: 16 Jul 16 00:09
The UK GOV don't have a clue whats going down , They know as much as us
By:
jed.davison
When: 16 Jul 16 00:10
Guy on BBC reckons Erdogan will speak to the Nation shortly, and that the coup will fail. Shades of Comical Ali?
By:
brassneck
When: 16 Jul 16 00:10
report of 17 policemen shot dead.
By:
Jack Bauer '24'
When: 16 Jul 16 00:11
F-16 shoots down helicopter.
By:
tobermory
When: 16 Jul 16 00:12

Jul 16, 2016 -- 12:02AM, jed.davison wrote:


None of the leaders overthrown in Turkey have been undemocratic.


Yes. Good point . Though Turkey was always considered a basket case until the 90s , with the military the only competent and reasonable authority. This kind of thing was not supposed to happen anymore. Erdogan has much stronger support than the regimes overthrown before.

By:
tobermory
When: 16 Jul 16 00:14
So a jet loyal to Erdogan has shot down the coup plotters helicopter. This is going awry.
By:
jed.davison
When: 16 Jul 16 00:15
Does sound like it's only a faction of the Army.
By:
Ovalman.
When: 16 Jul 16 00:18
CNN has an easy coup. Other news sites have different stories.
By:
tobermory
When: 16 Jul 16 00:18
This does not seem to be going to plan IMO

The President and Prime Minister still able to speak to media, no curfew. This is not how to do this. Maybe the plotters not do strong.

Either way I expect thousands dead by tomorrow afternoon.
By:
tobermory
When: 16 Jul 16 00:22
So they seem to have belatedly announced a curfew.

Reports that Mosques telling people to defy it and come out on the streets.
By:
tobermory
When: 16 Jul 16 00:23
USA and Germany strongly supporting Erdogan.
By:
Just Checking
When: 16 Jul 16 00:25
He's a ****, no surprise merkel is up his bum as usual though.
By:
tobermory
When: 16 Jul 16 00:26
Hilarious that Boris's 1st act as FS will likely be to come out in support for Erdogan.
By:
Just Checking
When: 16 Jul 16 00:27
Boris will be wondering whats up. 2 days in job, 2 things that in normal times happen every decade.
By:
The Leopard
When: 16 Jul 16 00:28
This is the new-normal.
By:
breadnbutter
When: 16 Jul 16 00:30
have Turkeys chickens come home to an empty coup ?
By:
tobermory
When: 16 Jul 16 00:31
Poor British guy on Sky News now arrived in Turkey today for the start of a 2 week holiday and the coup began the moment he got off the plane
By:
Ovalman.
When: 16 Jul 16 00:31
Democracy has to rule otherwise we'll have a coup over Brexit Shocked
By:
TheChaser
When: 16 Jul 16 00:44
Bomb hits parliament
By:
xmoneyx
When: 16 Jul 16 00:48
Poor British guy on Sky News now arrived in Turkey today for the start of a 2 week holiday and the coup began


LaughLaughLaugh
By:
Jack Bauer '24'
When: 16 Jul 16 00:48
Turkish parliament in Ankara has been bombed.
By:
Just Checking
When: 16 Jul 16 00:55
I'm watching anchorman as I can't take much more death and misery, you smelly pirate hooker.
By:
tobermory
When: 16 Jul 16 01:27
Seems like Erdogan still has the Air force and is flying into Istanbul.

Looks like coup going to fail
By:
Jack Bauer '24'
When: 16 Jul 16 01:28
Erdogan is back in Istanbul. It's looking like a failed coup that was badly misjudged and orchestrated.
By:
blackestnight
When: 16 Jul 16 01:33
I would be pi$$ed off if I won a free holiday to Turkey.
By:
tobermory
When: 16 Jul 16 01:33
Still no word from Boris Crazy
By:
TheChaser
When: 16 Jul 16 01:39
Unarmed civilians took the tanks of the army Laugh
By:
Jack Bauer '24'
When: 16 Jul 16 01:41
Two loud explosions in Taksim Square, Istanbul.
By:
Jack Bauer '24'
When: 16 Jul 16 01:42
More explosions at the parliament building.
By:
Jack Bauer '24'
When: 16 Jul 16 01:46
Loud explosion at Ataturk airport.
By:
Just Checking
When: 16 Jul 16 01:47
Of course hitler used a (perhaps fitted up) attack on him to turn Germany into what he turned it into..
By:
Jack Bauer '24'
When: 16 Jul 16 01:50
Police and military exchange fire in Taksim square.
By:
tobermory
When: 16 Jul 16 02:14
Boris slept through the whole thing maybe
By:
tobermory
When: 16 Jul 16 02:16
' Istanbul Police Chief says only 104 soldiers involved in #TurkeyCoup. Leader named as Col Muharrem Kose, recently dismissed as Gulen member. '  Plain
By:
Jack Bauer '24'
When: 16 Jul 16 02:16
Boris tweeted earlier.

Boris Johnson ‏@BorisJohnson  3h3 hours ago
Very concerned by events unfolding in #Turkey. Our Embassy is monitoring the situation closely. Brits should follow FCO website for advice
By:
Jack Bauer '24'
When: 16 Jul 16 02:24
Erdogan making a statement now saying this was an act of treason and those responsible will pay a heavy price and this is a reason to clean up the army.
By:
Just Checking
When: 16 Jul 16 02:26
"reason to clean up the army"
Hitler and Stalin I'm sure used very similar terms. In fact Stalin I think said it more often than "give me vodka".
By:
TheChaser
When: 16 Jul 16 02:27
Seems its a bit fake all this
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