Posted on 07/15/2016 1:30:47 PM PDT by Enlightened1
The Turkish military has started a coup to depose the nation's government according to prime minister Binali Yildirim.
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.
Turkish fighter jets have been reported over Ankara.
Gunfire has been reported.
Yildirim on Friday denounced what he said was an 'illegal attempt' by elements in the military after bridges were partially shut down in Istanbul and jets flew low over Ankara.
'We are working on the possibility of an attempt. We will not allow this attempt,' he told NTV television by telephone, without expanding on the nature of the move but saying it was by a group in the Turkish military.
'Those who are in this illegal act will pay the highest price,' he added, saying it would not be correct to describe the move as a 'coup'.
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I was wondering why the Turkish military let Erdogan get away with as much as he has.
I hope somebody stable has seized control of the nukes...
Erdogan brought in Saudi money.
I suspect much less money these days.
Reports of gunfire around the Secret Service building in #Turkey http://thesun.uk/6017BxUvh
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ‘flees country in private jet’ after military launches coup
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Kerry was just meeting with Vlad on the pretext of discussing Syria. Hmmm. So what did Kerry know and when did he know it?
John Bolton on Fox now, says Obama’s statement indicates support for Erdogan, and says Erdogan is “not a friend of the United States”.
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