Coup in Turkey Thread

[bayhye]

Re: Coup in Turkey Thread

unbelievable. A circus act. Military leaders of the 2nd largest army in Europe are not stupid enough to stage a coup with <1000 soldiers taking over non-strategic bridges, bombing random buildings with a single helo, and not capturing the PM who was hanging out at a villa on the sea that could have been leveled with one bomb.

oh, and letting him fly in an unprotected jet right back to istanbul airport in the very middle of the "coup" with every amateur internet flyboy able to track the altitude and location. Surely that helo could have shot down that little plane, in the air or certainly on the ground?

Ridiculous. He just orchestrated his way to mass purge of the military, and islamized the remnant of Turkish society. He will pressure Aliyev to do similar.

Our Sultan neighbor will now be even more trouble, I'm afraid.

[Artashes]

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If this coupe is already collapsing then I would suspect that it was all a set up. Military commanders do not make plans that fail so quickly. This has a potential of catapulting a unpopular leader back to popularity and legitimacy. I suspect there is more to this and we will see huge changes in Turkey in many ways.

I thought the same thing. Came on too strong to suddenly fizzle like that. How do police combat military equipment? Looks like a staged act to reinvigorate the jerk and to divert attention from him and his families criminal activities.
A beak up with USA leaves him isolated but will rise his popularity at home I think. I hope there is an acrimonious fallout with USA.

[armnuke]

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If this coupe is already collapsing then I would suspect that it was all a set up. Military commanders do not make plans that fail so quickly. This has a potential of catapulting a unpopular leader back to popularity and legitimacy. I suspect there is more to this and we will see huge changes in Turkey in many ways.

Correct

[Haykakan]

Re: Coup in Turkey Thread

If this coupe is already collapsing then I would suspect that it was all a set up. Military commanders do not make plans that fail so quickly. This has a potential of catapulting a unpopular leader back to popularity and legitimacy. I suspect there is more to this and we will see huge changes in Turkey in many ways.

[Azad]

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Turkey is declaring war on the U.S. unless they release gulenboy

"Turkish PM: Any country that stands by cleric Gulen will be at war with Turkey"

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-security-primeminister-gulen-idUSKCN0ZW0K5

[Azad]

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Now that the coup failed, the sultan will be picking his revenge left and right.
The fear is in him now, he will reign like Stalin with suspicion and will persecute worse.
If you think he used to be a psycho, wait and see what will come out of him soon. Just give him few weeks to re-inflate himself.

[Eddo211]

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It has been five coups in Turkey since the 1970s......don't look like this one gonna stick.

[gokorik]

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Soldiers surrendering on the bosphorus bridge. Dozens..

[armnuke]

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Smoke rising in Ankara

[armnuke]

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Reports that pro-coupist F-16s have bombarded the presidential palace.