from Haaretz: http://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/turkey/1.731225
Here is the Euronews site: http://www.euronews.com/ Here's the most recent update from there: http://www.euronews.com/2016/07/16/istanbul-bosphorus-bridge-and-fatih-sultan-mehmet-bridge-closed-by-turkish/
Things still sound very confused, with conflicting reports.
It is not good generally for anyone to have more instability anywhere in the ME. F*** Fox!
I was in Turkey about six weeks ago for a couple weeks. It's a fascinating country and its people are wonderful and cosmopolitan in the urban areas, and genuinely nice in rural areas. They are also ethnically and culturally mixed. Although the country is about 98% Muslim, the government controls the religion, not vice versa, and its society is both tolerant and accepting generally. In many ways, it is in much better shape all-round than several so-called democracies in Eastern and Mediterranean Europe, at least per my firsthand impressions which involved travel to Istanbul, and various sites in Cappadocia and Antalya, as well as to Mediterranean and Aegean beach areas. The less economically advantaged regions are in the east and I can't speak for those areas.
We didn't see conflict zones or refugee camps, although we did see several Syrian refugees near Kusadasa and Izmir and met volunteers (Turks and other nationalities) who were returning from work with refugees in the camps. We also met Turks in rural areas who had opened their homes and given shelter and employment to Syrian refugees.
I so hope that this clears up soon one way or another. Turkey as a country is proudly invested in "democracy" even though that same democracy has become more accepting of previously banned Islamic practices (e.g., headscarves, etc.) in recent years and liberal Turks have been watching the trends like hawks.
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