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15 Jul 2016, 5:30 pm

hearing that the chant they are doing is 'ALLAHU ACKBAR DEATH TO THE ARMY'



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15 Jul 2016, 5:31 pm

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15 Jul 2016, 5:32 pm

Can anyone tell me if the live video in this article is taken from the European or Asian side of the Bosporus?

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news ... on-8431256


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15 Jul 2016, 5:34 pm

President Erdogan may be headed to London.



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15 Jul 2016, 5:36 pm

... damn... what a week... 8O



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15 Jul 2016, 5:47 pm

beneficii wrote:
Can anyone tell me if the live video in this article is taken from the European or Asian side of the Bosporus?

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news ... on-8431256


I believe the European side is more built-up, with tall buildings, and since those are on the opposite bank from the camera, the camera is on the Asian side.


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15 Jul 2016, 5:51 pm

The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
President Erdogan may be headed to London.


Now that's one muslim immigrant we know is not a moderate.


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15 Jul 2016, 6:14 pm

What a week indeed! 8O

A major country, lynch pin of NATO, on the flank of Russia, borders both Syria, and Iraq (and borders the ISIS ruled areas of both), and staging area of US operations against ISIS. Turkey has had coups before ('60 and in '80). But they picked a fine time to have one now. All you can do is pray that the coup increases the country's long run stability rather than decreases it.



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15 Jul 2016, 6:18 pm

My daughter was planning to visit Turkey,guess that's off.


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15 Jul 2016, 6:23 pm

Man....it seems there's a clash between 2 armies going on.



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15 Jul 2016, 6:24 pm

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What a week indeed! 8O

A major country, lynch pin of NATO, on the flank of Russia, borders both Syria, and Iraq (and borders the ISIS ruled areas of both), and staging area of US operations against ISIS. Turkey has had coups before ('60 and in '80). But they picked a fine time to have one now. All you can do is pray that the coup increases the country's long run stability rather than decreases it.


Last coup was '97


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15 Jul 2016, 6:28 pm

Sorry, it's impossible to resist this one:

Misslizard wrote:
My daughter was planning to visit Turkey,guess that's off.


"Security is mostly a superstition.It does not exist in nature,nor do the children of men as a whole experience it.Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure.Life is either a daring adventure,or nothing." Helen Keller


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15 Jul 2016, 6:32 pm

The whole thing reminds me of Egypt.



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15 Jul 2016, 6:39 pm

Now it looks like civil war.


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15 Jul 2016, 6:41 pm

The Mirror UK live video of the Bosporus Bridge is no longer available.


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15 Jul 2016, 6:42 pm

Turkish F-16 shoots down helicopter 'carrying plotters'

Live Turkey Military Attempts Coup: Turkish fighter jet shoots down military helicopter used by plotters; 17 police officers killed


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