Head of @cnnturk @aktaserdogan is back on air explaining what happened https://t.co/efHn9mIHop pic.twitter.com/SrE3JiOALq
— Esra Doğramacı (@EsraD) July 16, 2016
Turkey is in the throes of an attempted military coup at the time of this post.
Military officials aligned with the junta tried took over CNN Turk in Istanbul, minutes after the news network reported the death toll from Parliament, and word that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was flying back to the city after being briefly (?) sort of ousted from control.
The CNN Türk studios were broadcasting to Facebook Live when the junta forces broke in, and for some time, the CNNTürk stream displayed an empty studio with the sounds of a crowd chanting outside.
"We don't know how much longer we can continue our broadcast" says @CNNTurk anchor as soldiers enter studio https://t.co/NcCFaICe3W
— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) July 16, 2016
Troops enter @CNNTURK_ENG & order the broadcast shut down. #Turkey. pic.twitter.com/oJPMDxfg5e
— Dr. Abbas Kadhim (@DrAbbasKadhim) July 16, 2016
BREAKING A group of soldiers landed in Dogan Media Center where @cnnturk is based. They have entered the studio. pic.twitter.com/D2QMF6s8Xt
— CNN Türk ENG (@CNNTURK_ENG) July 16, 2016
BREAKING Coup plotters are ending @cnnturk's broadcast now. #TurkeyCoupAttempt pic.twitter.com/YFUrphgFbX
— CNN Türk ENG (@CNNTURK_ENG) July 16, 2016
CNN Türk Gen Dir @aktaserdogan reports civs from outside have entered the building and there is a struggle ongoing. pic.twitter.com/gppPVANL3R
— CNN Türk ENG (@CNNTURK_ENG) July 16, 2016
CNN International says the CNNTürk anchor said on-air, "We don't know how much longer we can continue our broadcast," and "we will try to continue our broadcast until the last moment." They did.
Their Facebook Live broadcast has since resumed, hosted by Erdogan Aktas (who was hosting at the time soldiers broke in).
At the time of this post, you can still hear a large crowd chanting outside, and the anchors seem very agitated. It wasn't immediately clear if the soldiers were still there, or if they'd left, or if anyone was harmed.
#Turkey CNN Turk being emptied livestream still on can see soldiers' reflections pic.twitter.com/JkmhOtzLyz
— Cooper (@cooperlewis_) July 16, 2016
Turkey is a very social media literate country. Live streams via Periscope and Facebook Live are all over the country at the time of the coup. The revolutions of our time are being televised, after all.
Turkey President Erdogan addresses the nation via CNN Turk, which is broadcasting on Facebook Live during the coup
Turkey has great practice on social media, citizen journalism and circumvention of censorship. https://t.co/tHLKoAfm9a
— Zeynep Tufekci (@zeynep) July 16, 2016
I'd once given a talk on how different a coup would be in Turkey if it had internet. Erdogan tweeted, facetimed, people argued on WhatsApp.
— Zeynep Tufekci (@zeynep) July 16, 2016
Erdogan is addressing Turkey on live TV. Some channels have been taken off but most are up, and pro-government. Internet barely blipped.
— Zeynep Tufekci (@zeynep) July 16, 2016
This was basically Erdogan's speech: It was the Gulenists, they will pay. Now PM Yıldırım says people should stay outside in squares.
— Zeynep Tufekci (@zeynep) July 16, 2016
Also Erdogan says they bombed his hotel in Marmaris after he left. PM Yildirim says it's not over, people should stay outside.
— Zeynep Tufekci (@zeynep) July 16, 2016
So coup forces still have some helicopters and F-16s. Pro-government forces have mass media. Holding Bosphorus bridge But not mass media?
— Zeynep Tufekci (@zeynep) July 16, 2016
For those of you wondering about @CNNTurk, it launched in 1999 — it's operated by local journalists in Turkey — they license the CNN name.
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) July 16, 2016
I'm hearing the call to prayer from mosques all around. I don't believe it is the right time. It seem mosques were mobilized to oppose coup.
— Zeynep Tufekci (@zeynep) July 16, 2016
