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Calis Beach Forum => Calis Beach Questions and Information => Topic started by: janmack on November 10, 2010, 07:09:09 AM

Title: Siren
Post by: janmack on November 10, 2010, 07:09:09 AM

Hi - does anyone know what that siren noise is about this morning?  Is there something happening we should have found about?  Cheers :)

Title: Siren
Post by: Dicle on November 10, 2010, 07:46:44 AM

10th nov 1938 ataturk died 9.05am

Title: Siren
Post by: welshbrickie on November 10, 2010, 07:48:01 AM

no idea I heard it aswell.
But its 72 years to the day since ataturk died so I dont know if its anything to do with that

Title: Siren
Post by: sunnyd on November 10, 2010, 07:48:54 AM

Marking the time that Atatürk died 09.05am 10th November 1938

Title: Siren
Post by: janmack on November 10, 2010, 07:49:10 AM

Thanks Dicle and apologies to any Turkish person who read this for my ignorance.

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Post by: Karabag on November 10, 2010, 07:49:13 AM

Cars beep their horns for 1 minute and pedestrians stand still for 1 minute to pay their respects.

Title: Siren
Post by: tribalelder on November 10, 2010, 07:49:51 AM

Yesterday was a practise to make sure they worked :)

Title: Siren
Post by: scouser2 on November 10, 2010, 08:19:04 AM

Oh, so that's the reason that Turkish TV stations have the flags showing in the corner of the screen.I wondered what it was.