The beginning of the events in Turkey in the liberal wing of the Russian Internet met, tossing caps in the air.
At that moment when anyone nothing was clear, except that someone had blocked the Straits of the Bosphorus, the capital of Turkey, turned off Facebook and Twitter, on the streets military and armored vehicles, and over the houses fly combat helicopters, our venerable Westerners and semidensities was already clear that turetchine awakened from a dream, “the forces of good and light.”
The crumbs of information that were brought to Russia the news has excited all of a new wave of happiness among the liberal community. And it really seemed that Erdogan — all.
Half an hour after the announcement of the completed coup attempt, came the news that the captured government buildings and the seizure of documents. “Hurrah! – shouted the liberals – in the Morning we will view photos of Golden baklava Erdogan!”.
Then was captured by the capital airport. “Hurrah! The dictator can’t escape!”. The army and police, parts of which had participated in the conspiracy and the coup blocked the bridges and seized the building of some TV channels. “Serves him right for persecution of the press and of freedom!”
But it turned out that Erdogan, meanwhile, was somewhere in the sky on Board the aircraft and get in touch on Skype. The fact that the head of Turkey is about to be removed from office via Skype brought the creative class to a sense of euphoria.
Many last night were given a false start. But perhaps the most annoying came from the American TV channel NBC, who reported that Erdogan asked for political asylum in Germany and he was denied. Would be better if the reporters were silent, considering that Erdogan safely flew and landed in Turkey, the ears of the photographer on the picture the authors of the coup stick is now very very noticeable.
An hour and a half from the beginning of the coup in the Turkish capital broke out a real war, a military helicopter fired at a police station, several tanks fired at the Parliament building, the streets were heard explosions and shooting.
At the residence of Erdogan was applied bombing aircraft. As it turned out on the streets killed more than 50 people, among them 17 police officers. However, the blood nobody paid attention (just fun), it seemed that the forces resisting the junta runs out. The authors of the rebellion have already made a statement about the new Constitution, threats to the current leadership and promises of democratic freedoms to citizens.
From such turn liberal public again squealed. It seemed a little more will happen and our unprecedented semidano lobby will love the military, if not their own. However, by the third hour of the uprising suddenly something went wrong. First there were reports that the helicopter shelled a police station was shot down by a fighter and in social networks trying to understand Peremoga or Zrada?
And then it became known that Erdogan and the aircraft called on his supporters to take to the streets. The inhabitants of Twitter and Facebook it was obvious that the passive majority will never take to the streets for their leader. But contrary to their expectations, on the streets, dumped a huge crowd of people. The Turks threw themselves under the tanks, have disarmed the military are either passed on their side, or was carried out by citizens in police stations. Citizens climbed directly into the tanks, pulling out the rebellious military.
Four hours after the start of the revolution, which, judging by the news followed a classical and probably the most successful scenario: the isolated head of state, his powers are divided, the media is under the control of rebels, all statements are made ahead, the thing abruptly ended. The leaders of the uprising began to rapidly arrest tightened loyal to the President and the army began to suppress the remaining forces of the rebels in Parliament.
While the capital of Turkey thundering engines of the fighter and carried strachota gunfire, over Moscow was heard the crunch of liberal templates. Something completely unexpected happened – the most passive, unprepared, as it is known to risk nothing, except the sausage in the refrigerator, suddenly took to the streets of Turkey and not just went through them with ribbons, and ran under the tanks and on the machines.
And liberal Facebook and Twitter suddenly became silent and deserted.
