Author Topic: Siren (Read 1951 times)

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

Dicle · « **Reply #1 on:** November 10, 2010, 07:46:44 AM »

10th nov 1938 ataturk died 9.05am

welshbrickie · « **Reply #2 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

sunnyd · « **Reply #3 on:** November 10, 2010, 07:48:54 AM »

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

janmack · « **Reply #4 on:** November 10, 2010, 07:49:10 AM »

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

Karabag · « **Reply #5 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.

tribalelder · « **Reply #6 on:** November 10, 2010, 07:49:51 AM »

Yesterday was a practise to make sure they worked

scouser2 · « **Reply #7 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.