Amid military coup, Turkish president is interviewed via FaceTime

If you think that only Brazil has serious political problems, the Turkey is about to show us the opposite. The country is experiencing a military coup, leading the people to rise in various parts of the country to literally battle to regain power.

In the midst of such chaos, one thing in particular caught the media's attention: the country's president, Recep Tayyip Erdoan, granted a live interview via FaceTime.

How does an issue of CNN, the military announced that "the political administration lost all legitimacy and was forced to resign" and that they did so to restore democracy and human rights. Therefore, the president appeared in person, but via FaceTime, to say that he is still in control of the country. O New York Times He passed a few snippets of conversation to the English.

There is no power greater than the power of the people. Let them do whatever they want in public squares and airports. Go to the streets and give them an answer.

Certainly, technology is a great ally when it comes to bringing people together for the same purpose. So it seems that social networks can end up becoming a “threat” to anyone who wants to stop people from joining. O Recode drew attention to the fact that several networks such as Facebook, Twitter and even YouTube appear to be down in the country.

We have no reason to think that we were totally blocked in #Turkey, but we suspect that there is a deliberate slowdown in our traffic in the country.

Erdoan has been working to reach more and more people in the country with a conservative and religious speech. He himself has tried several times to block access to these social networks.

The US Allied country has cultivated a close relationship with Apple: In 2013, it purchased over $ 3 billion in iPads for government and education use, and two Apple Retail Stores (one of them award-winning) have already opened. inclusive), with another one expected to be opened later this year.

(via AppleInsider)