The way Turkey coup forces are behaving doesn't fit any past coup attemp. And we had so many. You can't analyze this by induction. Wait.
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Best journalists in Turkey today were those pressured or already fired for not being gov't lackeys. Erdogan took to Twitter to reach people.
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In Turkey, successful coup attempts are massive, happen within chain-of-command, and take over media immediately. It's not over but...
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Bilge Ebiri
This is true. Opposition parties, deputies, institutions, groups, etc. were as quick as you can imagine to condemn.https://twitter.com/bilgeebiri/status/754115409507385346 …
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Yep. Erdogan back on TV, among crowds. Coup forces have some planes but barring huge new developments, I say this coup attempt has failed.
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Soldiers holding the Bosphorus bridge surrender. That's how it began. Why no manifesto, why not a coup by Turkey "playbook"? We will learn.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Michael Tracey
No because he uses that phrase all the time. Exact phrase.https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/754142971394654208 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted 140journos
Soldiers at Bosphorus bridge surrender. Turkey has one of world's largest armies. This wasn't the whole army by far.https://twitter.com/140journos/status/754163370425585664 …
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To everyone asking if the Turkey coup was "staged." Umm, no. Forget everything else. You can't pull this off. Planes bombed parliament.
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I get mistrust of Turkey's pretty sordid mass media but we had info all night on social media. It's real, but clearly different from past.
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Most likely options, smallish faction within military attempted, and had some planes but not large number of ground forces to cover it all.
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If you *wanted* to stage a "fake" coup, the first thing is to turn off the internet, btw. This much info flowing makes "faking" implausible.
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