Turkish GSM networks currently play a message of the President on any phone call

Re:Turkish GSM networks currently play a message of the Pres... by fouadmatin on Saturday July 15, 2017 @07:16PM (#14779634)

The number in the video is 112, which is Turkish-equivalent of 911 in the U.S.

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Re:Turkish GSM networks currently play a message of the Pres... by mmusc on Saturday July 15, 2017 @07:20PM (#14779657)

Pasted from Wikipedia

112 is a part of the GSM standard and all GSM-compatible telephone handsets are able to dial 112 even when locked or, in some countries, with no SIM card present. It is also the common emergency number in India and in nearly all member states of the European Union as well as several other countries of Europe and the world.

You can dial it in the US too..

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Re:Turkish GSM networks currently play a message of the Pres... by devdoomari on Saturday July 15, 2017 @08:07PM (#14779798)

even for 112? what if some real emergency happens (fire/robber/terrorism)? The caller has to listen to the recording?

That's lame.

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Re:Turkish GSM networks currently play a message of the Pres... by dghughes on Saturday July 15, 2017 @11:38PM (#14780349)

That's some IT Crowd TV show level bizareness.

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Re:Turkish GSM networks currently play a message of the Pres... by cjsturgess on Sunday July 16, 2017 @02:56AM (#14780881)

This.

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Re:Turkish GSM networks currently play a message of the Pres... by Theodores on Saturday July 15, 2017 @11:32PM (#14780336)

I wonder if anyone in Turkey is dialling 112 to test if the message is played. Maybe people are calling their mums to test if the message is on, perhaps it is a good day for telco revenue.

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Re:Turkish GSM networks currently play a message of the Pres... by fsniper on Sunday July 16, 2017 @08:58AM (#14781785)

nah, telcos granted free usage rights for the day. It's absolutely absurd.

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