Terror in Turkey after attempted Coup

First I am happy to say that Tigerman and his mate are both safe and well in Istanbul after what was to put it mildly, an unsettling situation. It started after receiving a late evening phone advising us to switch on the news. To our shock, on doing so we found an attempted coup ongoing with tanks at the airports, bridges, main square in Taksim, Istanbul, and around the Parliament Building in Ankara. During the hours that followed, we heard several large explosions with a fighter jet flying so low it blew out the windows of apartments under its flight path. Fortunately, all now seems calm and peaceful, although there are still some sporadic gunfire heard in some places in both Istanbul and Ankara. All being well this situation of unrest will not further damage relations between the various parties in Turkey.

As an Englishman living in Turkey for many years and now married to a Turkish lady, I wish only for peace in Turkey. My wife and I extend our sincere condolences  to all the families and friends of those who lost their lives, and the hundreds of injured people.

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Tigerman

I love writing and have eleven published books in a mixture of non fiction and fiction. Genre range from memoirs , thrillers and romance stories spiced with scenes of erotic love making. I am now in the process of going through the manuscript of my new novel Unforgettable Cruise . Like my novel A Dangerous Love Affair it is a spicy romance story. I have just started to write a short thriller re terrorisim and a shdowy group tasked to dispose of terrorists before they can carry out acts of terrorisim. Apart from writing books, I also write poetry, with several finishing in the final four in competitions, and one made into a film. A number of my articles have been published in online magazines, with a full spread article published in EXpat Network magazine Nexas. I have had a variety of online interviews, and once took part in an online American radio show. A newspaper in my hometown in England published an article on me and my writing. I use my list of social contacts along with my website to promote my work. I am willing and look forward to taking part in any promotion events re my writing.