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Confirmed: Twitter, Facebook & YouTube blocked in #Turkey at 10:50PM after apparent military uprising in #Turkey

 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been taken to a secret location by forces loyal to him and extensive security measures are being taken to protect him, the Cumhuriyet newspaper reports.

http://bnonews.com/news/index.php/news/id4865

 

How the hell did we miss the signs of that going to happen.?

 

US/Turkish Military Base at Incirlik and outlying bases have gone to "Force Protection Condition Delta” according to NBC News.

Definition according to Wiki,

FPCON DELTA describes a situation when a terrorist attack is taking place or has just occurred in the immediate area. FPCON Delta usually occurs only in the areas that are most vulnerable to or have been attacked. One notable example of a general FPCON Delta was directly following the September 11, 2001 attacks, when all military installations were placed at FPCON Delta and restricted to only military personnel. Force Protection Level I Antiterrorism Training defines FPCON Delta as: FPCON Delta applies when a terrorist attack has occurred or when intelligence indicates imminent terrorist action against a specific location. FPCON Delta is normally declared as a localized warning. The installation moves to a high state of alert, and mandatory security measures are implemented. Commanders are also authorized and encouraged to supplement mandatory security measures. FPCON Delta may cause delayed or canceled mission activities. You can expect delays and interruptions to daily routines.

 

Which factions are there? Which one is good in this case?

Kemalists are the main faction - secularist nationalists keen on modernization. But they had a failed coup attempt not long ago, and Erdogan replaced lots of them with Islamists, so this would be a coup by relatively junior officers if so. Bad situation would be followers of Gulen, who's like Erdogan++.

Guy from Turkey answering questions.

 

Hoping this is just against Erdogan.

 

It is, we just have to hope it's the Kemalists who are leading it. According to the Turkish guy.

 

Am going to Turkey next month, hope it's all settled down a bit by then.

 

Newsreader on Turkish TV being given a statement to read by the military.

She says the latest announcement is that there's a peace council assuming control and this is happening because the leader and his government are eroding democracy and secular society.

 

Most likely Kemalists. Erdogan has bee eroding secularity and democracy in Turkey's government.

 

This maybe suggesting that the military have gone into high security mode to prevent a terrorist attack on the country. Just guessing.

 

Sky’s expert says this is a successful military coup.

 

OK, got it now.