During military coup, Turkey's President Erdogan uses Apple's FaceTime for televised iPhone intervi
Turkey has been thrown into chaos after a military coup seized control of the government, declared martial law and began censoring media networks, but its president appeared on CNN T?RK, using Apple's FaceTime to issue a statement.
Turkish military issued an announcement on the nation's TRT state network stating that "the political administration that has lost all legitimacy has been forced to withdraw," according to a report by CNN. The military says it took the action to restore democracy and human rights.
Turkey's Prime Minister Binali Yildirim initially called the action an "attempted coup," then began describing it as a "mutiny."
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan then made an appearance via FaceTime, speaking to a CNN T?RK news anchor who held an iPhone in front of the camera. Erdoğan urged citizens to "go to the streets and give them their answer."
Turkey has suffered from a series of recent terrorist attacks, and is on the frontier of war between Syria and a series of rebel groups, some of which Turkey has labeled as terror groups.
Erdoğan led Turkey as Prime Minister for ten years starting in 2003, but in 2014 was forced to take a new position as president due to term limits. He has since worked to give himself more power while serving in the largely ceremonial role of president by seeking to change the country's constitution.
Erdoğan is strictly conservative, and has worked to advance his fundamentalist religious views on the largely secular nation. He has also repeatedly attempted to restrict social media, commonly blocking access to Facebook and YouTube.
Turkey is a close, strategic NATO ally of the United States. Under Erdoğan, Turkey has also worked to forge a relationship with Apple, announcing plans in 2013 to buy more than $3 billion worth of iPads for use in government and education.
Apple has two retail stores in the country, including an iconic landmark store at Zorlu Center (above). Apple is reportedly working on a third location to open this year.
Turkish military issued an announcement on the nation's TRT state network stating that "the political administration that has lost all legitimacy has been forced to withdraw," according to a report by CNN. The military says it took the action to restore democracy and human rights.
Turkey's Prime Minister Binali Yildirim initially called the action an "attempted coup," then began describing it as a "mutiny."
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan then made an appearance via FaceTime, speaking to a CNN T?RK news anchor who held an iPhone in front of the camera. Erdoğan urged citizens to "go to the streets and give them their answer."
Turkey has suffered from a series of recent terrorist attacks, and is on the frontier of war between Syria and a series of rebel groups, some of which Turkey has labeled as terror groups.
Erdoğan led Turkey as Prime Minister for ten years starting in 2003, but in 2014 was forced to take a new position as president due to term limits. He has since worked to give himself more power while serving in the largely ceremonial role of president by seeking to change the country's constitution.
Erdoğan is strictly conservative, and has worked to advance his fundamentalist religious views on the largely secular nation. He has also repeatedly attempted to restrict social media, commonly blocking access to Facebook and YouTube.
Turkey is a close, strategic NATO ally of the United States. Under Erdoğan, Turkey has also worked to forge a relationship with Apple, announcing plans in 2013 to buy more than $3 billion worth of iPads for use in government and education.
Apple has two retail stores in the country, including an iconic landmark store at Zorlu Center (above). Apple is reportedly working on a third location to open this year.
Comments
FaceTime totally rocks.
It's quite ironic that the censorship happy dictator, who loves to censor news and the internet is desperately communicating through the internet, using FaceTime.
Obama has of course already spoken out in support of the freedom hating dictator.
The world could use more coups. It's time to throw out the trash.
Meanwhile, God-King Obama has said before that Erdogan is the leader he identifies most with. Says a lot, really.
Donald Trump will get along great with Putin and everything will be fine and dandy with Russia-US relations. Russian relations have suffered under Obama, but that will be fixed soon, as soon as Trump is placed into the Whitehouse. We can go and kill Islamists together, in a joint and successful operation with our Russian allies.
As for the USA, I think that religious fundamentalists of all stripes are retards, but in no way, shape or form, would I agree that there is a valid comparison between any Christian fundamentalists and Islamists.
Only one of those two groups is currently waging war against the entire world and is actively seeking to conquer the entire world, spreading their cancer worldwide. Ergodan is an Islamic fundamentalist, a thug, an extremist, an authoritarian, and Turkey under his control is no friend to the civilized world.
The best chance for preserving freedom in the USA and the decent parts of the world is for Trump to win.
Things might be different now had we known the details of that event as they happened.
The iPhone helped the Turkish people to avoid the coup.
Go FaceTime.
Screw you for saying anyone in the US is a conservative Saddam Hussein. And Tim Cook better be careful not to turn Apple into Microsoft to bring it sort of on topic.
no wonder his own military is overthrowing him. The limits are there for a reason.
Time for someone new. You had your day in the sun. I agree with some of his views. But he must respect the constitution. Don't change it.
Don't give Obama any ideas...
there is sadly much tragedy in this coup. But the military are not the only ones to blame. This president has incited it by his blatant disregard for the country, it's people, and it's laws, all to selfishly prop himself above everyone else.
The Turkish people do not support it.
The US, UK, Germany, France and the rest of Europe do not support it.
Those militants are going to jail.
Better ban all iPhones, then. Or maybe just assault iPhones.