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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 16 Jul 2016

    Woke up to hear about coup attempt in Turkey. Trying to reach family. Damn you, Erdoğan for making a secular republic an Islamist state.

    12:06 AM - 16 Jul 2016
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      2. سمية الجزيري‏ @SumayaAJ 16 Jul 2016
        Replying to @aral

        hope all is well with the family!

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 16 Jul 2016
        Replying to @SumayaAJ

        Thank you; just spoke with them, they’re all right. Although, I’m afraid, not everyone’s families are :(

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. سمية الجزيري‏ @SumayaAJ 16 Jul 2016
        Replying to @aral

        what's the situation now every media outlet says something...what a night

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 16 Jul 2016
        Replying to @SumayaAJ

        Looks stable (relative term for the region) from what I’ve been reading.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      2. Linus Olsson‏ @bonq 16 Jul 2016
        Replying to @aral

        *hugs*

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 16 Jul 2016
        Replying to @bonq

        *hugs* back. Was just thinking of you and Jessica. Hope you’re enjoying your holidays :) See you soon, I hope :)

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Linus Olsson‏ @bonq 16 Jul 2016
        Replying to @aral

        we just came back to Malmö.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 16 Jul 2016
        Replying to @bonq

        Welcome back :)

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Bruno Girin‏ @brunogirin 16 Jul 2016
        Replying to @aral

        Trying to contact friends too, it's all very confusing. My best wishes to your family and friends.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 16 Jul 2016
        Replying to @brunogirin

        Thank you. And ditto.

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      2. Haluk Saffet Balkan‏ @HalukSBalkan 16 Jul 2016
        Replying to @aral

        Don't worry. We are okey in Cyprus. No problem here.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 16 Jul 2016
        Replying to @HalukSBalkan

        Good to hear. Tried FaceTime but couldn’t get through.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      2. Rose‏ @SwissMinx 16 Jul 2016
        Replying to @aral

        I hope everyone is ok.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 16 Jul 2016
        Replying to @SwissMinx

        Thank you.

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      2. Alice Casey‏ @cased 16 Jul 2016
        Replying to @aral

        hope they are all ok. Interested in turkish views such as this reddit on coup being a staged one https://www.reddit.com/user/nopasaran52 …

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 16 Jul 2016
        Replying to @cased

        It’s possible. They’ve definitely identified remaining resistance to the Islamist govt from working the military because of it.

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      2. Really!?‏ @Johan3362 16 Jul 2016
        Replying to @aral

        Your 'So it begins...' now has a dimension to it that gives it apocalyptic traits, the ingredient to set it all ablaze is trump :-(

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 16 Jul 2016
        Replying to @Johan3362

        The Chinese have a curse… may you live in interesting times. :(

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Really!?‏ @Johan3362 16 Jul 2016
        Replying to @aral

        They have seen the apocalypse at least 5 times over, So should know what they are talking about. Also that somehow we always recover.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Really!?‏ @Johan3362 16 Jul 2016
        Replying to @Johan3362 @aral

        For us it's a few less but still ... strangely we seem to forget about the horror so fast that in one generation we gear up again ....

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