something afoot in Turkey?

[Munter]

red_slr said:

Thomas Cook flight seems to be landing as planned at Dalaman (origin Stanstead).

If it were me on that flight I might want them to divert to Cyprus!

There is a Gatwick flight behind it.

Suddenly my decision to choose Benidorm over Turkey seems like a better decision that it looked originally.

[red_slr]

Fast jets buzzing sky news!

[johnxjsc1985]

nyxster said:

Girlfriend is on holiday in Istanbul. Haven't been able to get hold of her since last night - Facebook etc is supposedly blocked. Really concerned.

this isn't new for Turkey she will be fine I am sure and will be able to come home fairly quickly.

[Borghetto]

I'm just waiting for Comical Ali to pop up.

[Northern Munkee]

US Sec of State John Kerry "I hope there will be stability and continuity within Turkey" - US Secretary of State reacts to developing situation."

That sounds like the US were given notice, so at the very least the US if not supporting it then they are prepared to let it continue....

[TheLimla]

Hey Boris, how was your first week in the new job?

[Sylvaforever]

paul789 said:

As ever, who benefits? Things really do seem to be going Putin's way.....Brexit, now this......

How do you square that one away then

[Sylvaforever]

AJL308 said:

Jimboka said:

AJL308 said:

rich85uk said:

Military taken over turkey according to a statement

And this is the country that CMD wanted to join the EU?

I'm so glad I voted with the winning side on the 23rd of last month!

Oh yes,i the Brexit liars said Turkey were about to join the EU. Glad I voted for the right side ( who we all know will actually win in the end )

'Dave' was Turkey's head cheer leader for them getting in. He said as much and they believed him. Perfectly reasonable to take him at his word.

He then changed his mind because it suited his political purposes.

72,000,000 doctors and engineers onto the Schengen register OH YEAH!!

Ref. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Information...

[Mario149]

Thank god that we voted to Leave and Brexiters have saved us from a military governed turkey sending all their peeps over

[hornetrider]

red_slr said:

Thomas Cook flight seems to be landing as planned at Dalaman (origin Stanstead).

If it were me on that flight I might want them to divert to Cyprus!

There is a Gatwick flight behind it.

They're not being diverted?!

[johnxjsc1985]

Seems a bit of a stretch to hold a Coup in the name of Democracy .

[MrBarry123]

The Turkish PM is on BBC R4 at the moment...

Fascinating.

[jonnyb]

hornetrider said:

red_slr said:

Thomas Cook flight seems to be landing as planned at Dalaman (origin Stanstead).

If it were me on that flight I might want them to divert to Cyprus!

There is a Gatwick flight behind it.

They're not being diverted?!

They probably don't know

[valiant]

Munter said:

Suddenly my decision to choose Benidorm over Turkey seems like a better decision that it looked originally.

I think you'll still be safer in Turkey...

[RedWhiteMonkey]

jonnyb said:

hornetrider said:

red_slr said:

Thomas Cook flight seems to be landing as planned at Dalaman (origin Stanstead).

If it were me on that flight I might want them to divert to Cyprus!

There is a Gatwick flight behind it.

They're not being diverted?!

They probably don't know

Pretty sure planes have radios.

[Crush]

m444ttb said:

Borghetto said:

Report on Reddit that Erdogan has left on his private jet.

Dodgy if you opponents have fighter jets!

He is on flightradar too

[thinkofaname]

I'm not sure that people are getting yet how big this potentially is. Turkey is a big country that is, or was, on the cusp of becoming a mature democracy. Erdogan was a step away from that, and military coups are like a step back by a couple of decades.

It's like five years' of news has happened in the last week.

[Borghetto]

Erdogan being described as a traitor on state tv.

[red_slr]

jonnyb said:

hornetrider said:

red_slr said:

Thomas Cook flight seems to be landing as planned at Dalaman (origin Stanstead).

If it were me on that flight I might want them to divert to Cyprus!

There is a Gatwick flight behind it.

They're not being diverted?

They probably don't know

Company ops can easily pass messages. Company ops have direct lines to the right people in govt.
I suspect this is because we have advised them to continue - perhaps a mistake if it kicks off.

I wonder if there is a QRF on the way to a rather well known northern Turkish bit of rock.. we have "stuff" up there.. maybe they already did it if we knew before..

[130R]

Just saw videos of helicopters shooting at the national intelligence service building on liveleak