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Istanbul: The Bosphorus bridge is blocked by the army. Deployment unusual
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Posted on 07/15/2016 12:48:00 PM PDT by ameribbean expat

Istanbul: Le pont du Bosphore est bloqué par l'armée. Déploiement inhabituel. Ambiance de coup d'Etat.

(Excerpt) Read more at turkey.liveuamap.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: bosphorus; turkey; turkeycoup
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Few details, just limited observations.
1 posted on 07/15/2016 12:48:00 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
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To: ameribbean expat

That sounds like an act of war, or very close to it.


2 posted on 07/15/2016 12:48:50 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: Steely Tom

A coup against Erdogan? We can only hope.


3 posted on 07/15/2016 12:50:15 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Steely Tom

Sounds like they are blocking the road, not the waterway.


4 posted on 07/15/2016 12:50:43 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: ameribbean expat

Something big. Multiple folks on Twitter saying tanks are on the bridge, gunfire heard. Military planes and helicopters over the city.


5 posted on 07/15/2016 12:51:27 PM PDT by barmag25
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To: ameribbean expat

Link doesn’t seem to be working. I see your excerpt mentions “Ambiance de coup d’Etat.” Possibly related?


6 posted on 07/15/2016 12:52:01 PM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Steely Tom

Declaring war against themselves? They own both sides of the bridge. This is more like a coup.


7 posted on 07/15/2016 12:52:05 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up....)
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To: ameribbean expat

Unconfirmed Military Coup underway

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-istanbul-bridges-idUSKCN0ZV2FE?il=0


8 posted on 07/15/2016 12:52:17 PM PDT by TangledUpInBlue
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To: ameribbean expat

Reuters: Breaking News:
Gunfire heard in Turkish capital, military jets and helicopters seen flying over city -Reuters witnesses


9 posted on 07/15/2016 12:52:48 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: ameribbean expat
Ambiance de coup d'Etat.

The feeling of a coup d'Etat. Interesting.

10 posted on 07/15/2016 12:53:23 PM PDT by Petrosius
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To: ameribbean expat

Russia instigating the toppling of Erdogan like they did Morsi in Egypt??


11 posted on 07/15/2016 12:55:35 PM PDT by DarthVader (Politicians govern out of self interest, Statesmen govern for a Vision greater than themselves)
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To: ameribbean expat

I’m seeing suggestions that this might be defensive, in response to intelligence regarding a major terrorist attack.


12 posted on 07/15/2016 12:56:54 PM PDT by Little Pig
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To: ameribbean expat

Can anyone read Arabic? Twitter peeps in Turkey say govt planes flying low overhead near Ankara.

https://twitter.com/nbnlebanon


13 posted on 07/15/2016 12:57:14 PM PDT by austinaero
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To: ameribbean expat

I’m at the airport in Istanbul and haven’t seen or heard about any disruptions.


14 posted on 07/15/2016 12:58:14 PM PDT by dinodino
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To: ameribbean expat

Turkey is really big in drone manufacture and technology.

Just a little factoid.


15 posted on 07/15/2016 12:58:35 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: austinaero

Turkish is written in the Latin script.


16 posted on 07/15/2016 12:58:46 PM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: ameribbean expat

Wonder if Erdogan is going to wake up dead...this is intriguing.


17 posted on 07/15/2016 12:59:14 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: ameribbean expat

The setup for a coup was certainly in place. Maybe Erdogan’s recent peace overtures to its neighbors were a too-little, too-late attempt to quell the rebellion.


18 posted on 07/15/2016 12:59:54 PM PDT by thoughtomator ("... and if a million more agree, there ain't no Great Society")
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To: ameribbean expat

Bttt.

5.56mm


19 posted on 07/15/2016 12:59:55 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: Buckeye McFrog

The Turkisk Constitution has clause that allows the military to overthrow the government if it it going back toward a Caliphate, or so I have been told.


20 posted on 07/15/2016 1:00:27 PM PDT by marktwain
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