Reports military has blocked the Bosporus Bridge in Istanbul for an unknown reason

[Locutus]

ilhan tanir ‏@WashingtonPoint

I heard this gunfire happening in front of Turkish Intel Building: Gunfire heard in capital Ankara: @reuters witness

Istanbul's Bosphorus Bridge and Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge were both closed on Friday, local television channels reported, without giving a reason.


Dogan News Agency footage showed cars and buses being diverted. CNN Turkey showed two military vehicles and a group of soldiers lined up at the entrance of one of the bridges in Turkey's biggest city.


A Turkish official who did not want to be named said soldiers had been deployed in other cities in Turkey, but did not specify which ones.


Dogan News Agency reported the national police directorate summoned all police to duty in Ankara.



http://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-istanbul-bridges-idUSKCN0ZV2FE

stay tuned kids.

 

[B00Mer]

The military is trying a coup

 

[Corduroy]

Turkish military playing the classics again? Just going to put your EU application at the bottom of the pile.

 

[B00Mer]

 

[Walter]

Turkey’s Army Says It Seized Power as Premier Vows to Resist - Bloomberg

 

[Corduroy]

Thanksgiving is ruined.

 

[darkbeaver]

Very interesting reading today about the Turkish uprising. Complications for the west or for the east?

 

[Corduroy]

It's a military coup. Business will continue as usual in the West.

 

[darkbeaver]

I hope not because the usual has been very depressing for quite some time.

I still can't discover who's backing this coup, Russia or Usa. RT has lots of headlins but no spelling out, it is the Turkish military but nothing much else. Erdogan is at the coast on vacation speaking to the people via twitter.

 

[Cliffy]

I just spoke with Selin (who is a Turk living in Istanbul), and she says it is a false flag conducted by their schizophrenic president to scare people into giving him more power. Some of you may remember Selin who used to hang out here.

 

[bill barilko]

Turkish food is fabulous some of the Best on the planet.

 

[Kreskin]

Very interesting reading today about the Turkish uprising. Complications for the west or for the east?

I don't know, it's complicated.

 

[Curious Cdn]

It's a military coup. Business will continue as usual in the West.

... as long as the military are united and of one mind. A split military (Islamicists-Seclarists?) adds up to a civil war. Can you imagine a worst place to have fall apart in civil war than the Black Sea area during a massive migration running through there and a Russia that wants to prove it's might?


We live in interesting times.

 

[Locutus]

it's happening.

Robert Spencer ‏@jihadwatchRS

Ousted by coup, Turkish President Erdogan becomes first Muslim refugee Germany won’t take https://wp.me/p4hgqZ-oUH



heh

 

[Curious Cdn]

Oh, he'll tun up in Toronto tomorrow, then.

 

[bill barilko]

I just spoke with Selin (who is a Turk living in Istanbul), and she says it is a false flag conducted by their schizophrenic president to scare people into giving him more power....

I can see that-sad to say.

 

[Locutus]

Mete Sohtaoğlu ‏@metesohtaoglu 2h2 hours ago

New photos from #Turkey #CoupinTurkey

Matthew Bell ‏@matthewjbell 1h1 hour ago Things will be unpleasant for them. RT @metesohtaoglu:

New photos from #Turkey #CoupinTurkey

 

[Kreskin]

Thank God we live in Canada.

 

[Blackleaf]

Britain's new Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, who is of Turkish ancestry, is currently dealing with the situation in Turkey. Back in May, he won The Spectator’s President Erdogan Offensive Poetry competition.

Here's his winning poem:

There was a young fellow from Ankara
Who was a terrific wankerer
Till he sowed his wild oats
With the help of a goat
But he didn’t even stop to thankera.
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[Tecumsehsbones]

Turkey foils bloody coup attempt, closes in on remnants of renegade forces

Damn, I never knew turkeys were that badass.