. No. the whole thing felt unlike the massive, chain-of-command OR "manifesto" coups in the past.
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Friends, I'm logging off. Thanks for all the well wishes. I'm not 100% certain of my plans. I'm in a safe place. I'll wait and seek clarity.
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This was one of the most bizarre nights. As I did yesterday, I wish for democracy, free press, rule of law, tolerance and peace.
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Turkey's military is among world's largest. It has wall-to-wall tanks in massive coups. A few generals is not big. twitter.com/DannyNis/statu
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Two key platforms to Turkish coup attempt: Whatsapp and Periscope. twitter.com/almost_gracefu
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Also Facebook Live.
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Look at the dots on this map; each one is a FB Live stream, almost all streaming anti-coup protests. Extraordinary.
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I came to Turkey for my one and only week of vacation this year. Three hours of sleep in last two days later, it's working out not so well.
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I am out, talking to people, things are calm in Antalya. Istanbul and Ankara people had it much worse, bombs, gunfire, low flying jets.
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There aren't even much police around here. Whatever this was, it was not the full military by far. OTOH, rest of military didn't intervene.
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Never thought I'd write: Erdogan takes to Twitter & FaceTime as a coup attempt in Turkey is thwarted by gov't supporters using social media.
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That's because you never understood information and hybrid warfare before. Question is: Do you now understand it?
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Major point people are missing. Very few tanks out there compared to a full military chain-of-command coup.
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As I told @bwilliams on @MSNBC, when tanks face off against citizens in the Middle East, tanks almost always win. This time they didn't.
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Coup failed by the people at large including the opposition, not just the supporters of the government.
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It's about time that he knew the power of Social Media. If it can save somebody, it can also drown 'that' somebody.
