Attempted Military Coup in Turkey

[theHawk]

Where did all the progressive turds go? They were here cheering the military on, now they are silent. Guess they found out which side they are supposed to be cheering for.....the Islamists.

 

[theHawk]

Islam happened. Don't hold your breath waiting on a Muslim to do the right thing. They will always pick Islam over secularism.

Correct......because Islam is superior over secularism. .....

How is Islam superior to Secularism, in your opinion?

Don't bother, he is a Sunni that loves ISIS.

 

[Clementine]

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And, to him, Islam should rule the world with an iron fist. If the coup fails, he will step up efforts to spread his sick vision. He is nothing more than a terrorist who managed to gain "legitimate" power and is helping the scum of the earth.

 

[waltky]

Abortive attempt at coup in Turkey...

Turkish Officials Say Coup Attempt Appears to Have Failed
July 15, 2016 | — Turkish officials said Saturday morning the government had appeared to have repelled an attempted military coup following a night of explosions, air battles and gunfire across the capital that left at least 17 dead, according to state-run media.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in an interview over FaceTime with the CNN Turk station, dismissed the military action as "an attempt at an uprising by a minority within our armed forces." His office declined to disclose his whereabouts, saying only that he was in a secure location. Turks took to the streets of cities across the country waving national flags throughout the attempted coup to show their support for the government. By Saturday morning, a top Turkish official said the coup attempt appeared to have been repelled. The senior official told The Associated Press that all government officials were in charge of their offices. The official requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue. Earlier, Nuh Yilmaz, a spokesman for Turkish National Intelligence told CNN Turk the coup attempt had been quashed. Yilmaz added that Gen. Hulusi Akar, the military chief of staff, was back in control and "everything is returning to normal."

The chaos, included a reported bomb explosion at the parliament, capped a period of political turmoil in Turkey blamed on Erdogan's increasingly authoritarian rule, which has included a government shake up and a crackdown on dissidents and opposition media. Critics also have blamed Erdogan for taking a hard line on Turkey's Kurdish rebels after the collapse of peace efforts, leading to deadly clashes that have increased military casualties. His government has also come under scrutiny for allegedly tolerating the flow of fighters and weapons to rebel groups fighting the government in Syria in the early years of the civil war there, fueling the growth of the Islamic State group. That policy, according to analysts, backfired when Turkey took on a more active role in the U.S.-led coalition against the extremists, who have since been blamed for a series of deadly bombings on Turkish soil.

The coup attempt began late Friday, with a statement from the military saying it had seized control "to reinstall the constitutional order, democracy, human rights and freedoms, to ensure that the rule of law once again reigns in the country, for law and order to be reinstated."

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Turkish officials say coup plotters being arrested
Jul 15,`16 -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the nation Saturday that his government was working to crush a coup attempt after a night of explosions, air battles and gunfire across the capital that left dozens dead and at least 150 people wounded.

Government officials said the coup appeared to have failed as Turks took to the streets overnight to confront troops attempting to take over the country. However, the sounds of huge blasts, including at least one bomb that hit the parliament complex, continued to ring out in the capital, Ankara, and Istanbul throughout the morning. Speaking on national television from Istanbul, Erdogan said the government was arresting coup supporters in the military and warned "they will pay a heavy price for their treason to Turkey," according to a transcript of his remarks provided by his office. "Those who stain the military's reputation must leave. The process has started today and it will continue just as we fight other terrorist groups." Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, speaking to state-run Anadolu Agency, said more than 120 arrests were made.

Erdogan, who said his general secretary had been abducted by the coup plotters, flew into Istanbul's Ataturk airport early Saturday and was greeted by large crowds. Hours earlier, as the coup attempt got underway, his office declined to say where he was, and he was forced to give an interview over FaceTime to a television station. The chaos capped a period of political turmoil in Turkey which critics blamed on Erdogan's increasingly authoritarian rule, which has included a government shake-up, a crackdown on dissidents and opposition media and renewed conflict in the mainly Kurdish areas of the southeast. Turkey, a NATO member, is a key partner in U.S.-led efforts to defeat the Islamic State group, and has allowed American jets to use its Incirlik air base to fly missions against the extremists in nearby Syria and Iraq. A coup against the democratically elected government could make it difficult for the United States to continue to cooperate with Turkey.

A tank moves into position as Turkish people attempt to stop them, in Ankara, Turkey, late Friday, July 15, 2016. Members of Turkey's armed forces said they had taken control of the country, but Turkish officials said the coup attempt had been repelled early Saturday morning in a night of violence, according to state-run media​

U.S. President Barack Obama urged all sides in Turkey to support the democratically elected government. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said he spoke to Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and called for respect for democracy. The coup attempt began late Friday, with a statement from the military saying it had seized control "to reinstall the constitutional order, democracy, human rights and freedoms, to ensure that the rule of law once again reigns in the country, for law and order to be reinstated."

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Turkish military has a history of staging coups
Jul 15,`16 Turkish military jets have flown over Turkey's capital, Ankara, and deadly fighting has been reported in what appears to be an attempted military coup. A military statement says the military has seized control of the country because of rising autocratic rule and increased terrorism, though Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has said "a minority" within the military has attempted a coup and he has urged citizens to take to the streets to support the government.

HAS THE MILITARY MEDDLED IN POLITICS BEFORE?

Yes. The military staged three coups between 1960 and 1980 and pressured Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan, a pious Muslim mentor of Erdogan who was disliked by Turkey's secular establishment, out of power in 1997. In 2007, the military threatened to intervene in a presidential election and warned the government to curb Islamic influences, but the action backfired and Abdullah Gul, the candidate favored by a government with Islamic leanings, took office. The apparent coup attempt that is currently unfolding is surprising to many observers because Erdogan's government had taken steps, including dismissals and prosecutions of high-ranking active and former officers for alleged coup plots, to bring the military to heel. Despite past tensions, Erdogan's government appeared to be working effectively with the military in recent years, coordinating on national security issues and also confronting a perceived anti-government faction said to have infiltrated the police and other institutions.

A tank moves into position as Turkish people attempt to stop them, in Ankara, Turkey, early Saturday, July 16, 2016. Members of Turkey's armed forces said they had taken control of the country Friday as explosions, gunfire and a reported air battle between loyalist forces and coup supporters erupted in the capital. President Erdogan remained defiant and called on people to take to the streets to show support for his embattled government.​

WHY WOULD THE MILITARY INTERVENE IN GOVERNMENT?

The Turkish military has traditionally seen itself as the guardian of Turkey's old secular establishment, a legacy of national founder and former army officer Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, as well as an enforcer of order in times of civil unrest and weak civilian leadership. While it was forced to lower its political profile in the past decade under Erdogan's government, the country has increasingly been buffeted by an upswing in the conflict with Kurdish separatist rebels, bombings by suspected Islamic extremists - including an attack on Istanbul's main airport last month that killed dozens - and concern over the war in neighboring Syria that has pushed huge numbers of refugees across the border into Turkey. Erdogan has also been a polarizing leader with a combative streak, even though he commands deep support among a pious Muslim class that once felt marginalized under past military-influenced governments.

WHY IS THE TURKISH MILITARY IMPORTANT?

The military of NATO member Turkey is a key partner in U.S.-led efforts to defeat the Islamic State group, which controls territory in Syria and Iraq, and has allowed American jets to use its Incirlik air base to fly missions against the extremists. Erdogan recently sought to repair strained ties with Russia after Turkey shot down a Russian jet that had been flying a mission against rebels in Syria, killing a pilot. Turkey's location in the turbulent Mideast region, straddling the Asian and European continents, has made it a critical player in international conflicts in the past.

WHAT DO TURKS THINK ABOUT THEIR MILITARY?

 

[Lucy Hamilton]

Hostages taken at Turkish Military Headquarters

If NATO gets involved chaos will ensue...

This is exactly why this Islamist country should be booted out of NATO. No way we should be obligated to go to war for these Islamist phucks.

What are you talking about you idiot. The military in Turkey are anti-Islamist and follow Atatturk's westernization and secularization.

Because the country is far too unstable and is leaning towards radicalization, after all it's full of Islamists. Sooner or later they will go for full Sharia Law. I certainly hope the Islamists get strung up by the military. Either way we should not be involved or allied with such a country. They should not be allowed in the EU like the globalist want, and they should be kicked out of NATO.

Erdogan will use this to purge the Military, establish a full-on Dictatorship and introduce Sharia Law and then about 40 million Turks will ALL want to come to Europa to escape the Sharia Law and Traitor Bitch Merkel will jump for joy at how successful her transformation of Europa into Eurabia has been.

She'll probably get the Nobel Peace Prize, they seem to give that thing to people now for any old reason, including creating as much chaos as is possible, see Obama The Great Peace Maker

 

[Ridgerunner]

Nobel Peace Prize has no meaning after 2009.

 

[skye]

Shame

It would have been a blessing to the world if that sunni Islamist anti Christian Erdogan was gone...

He is a terrorist....a friend of the scum Hussein Obama....

We don't wish him well. Nope.

 

[Lucy Hamilton]

Shame

It would have been a blessing to the world if that sunni Islamist anti Christian Erdogan was gone...

He is a terrorist....a friend of the scum Hussein Obama....

We don't wish him well. Nope.

Karma will get both of them though, don't think it won't. Our Lord is observing all these accumulated events and He will exact retribution on these wicked people.

Also, He will not forsake our people.

 

[Bush92]

This coup is not over yet. Just round one. Still smell Putin's hand.

 

[depotoo]

Something strange about the troop surrender in Istanbul is some of the soldiers still had their weapons over their shoulders. There were also soldiers not being escorted, just walking around on other side of the tanks and noone watching them at all. It almost looks like a staged surrender, not real.

 

[Lucy Hamilton]

This coup is not over yet. Just round one. Still smell Putin's hand.

"Still smell Putin's hand."

Is this a fetish then, you smelling peoples' hands? You pervy MoFo

 

[Bush92]

This coup is not over yet. Just round one. Still smell Putin's hand.

"Still smell Putin's hand."

Is this a fetish then, you smelling peoples' hands? You pervy MoFo

No. Putin's working behind scences. Not over yet.

 

[Lucy Hamilton]

Something strange about the troop surrender in Istanbul is some of the soldiers still had their weapons over their shoulders. There were also soldiers not being escorted, just walking around on other side of the tanks and noone watching them at all. It almost looks like a staged surrender, not real.

Turkish media now a bit confused and some of it down again, so I've been following what's happening now from Kuwait news and Dubai news, they are saying that officially the only Middle Eastern nation that has supported Erdogan throughout the night's events has been Qatar and that Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani had telephoned Erdogan.

 

[Lucy Hamilton]

This coup is not over yet. Just round one. Still smell Putin's hand.

"Still smell Putin's hand."

Is this a fetish then, you smelling peoples' hands? You pervy MoFo

No. Putin's working behind scences. Not over yet.

Putin has nothing to do with this, please take off that tin foil hat. If Putin would have been involved then Erdogan would have been history about 6 hours ago and would have already fled Turkey.

 

[Lucy Hamilton]

Something strange about the troop surrender in Istanbul is some of the soldiers still had their weapons over their shoulders. There were also soldiers not being escorted, just walking around on other side of the tanks and noone watching them at all. It almost looks like a staged surrender, not real.

A bomb has been dropped from a plane and either hit the Presidential Palace in Ankara or come very close to hitting it, they're saying five people are dead.

This was reported 6 minutes ago.

Qatar Peninsula News.

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[Clementine]

Something strange about the troop surrender in Istanbul is some of the soldiers still had their weapons over their shoulders. There were also soldiers not being escorted, just walking around on other side of the tanks and noone watching them at all. It almost looks like a staged surrender, not real.

Between corrupt leaders and a corrupt media, you can't even believe what you see on the news anymore.

 

[Wolfpack1]

Interesting, Erdogan just said the coup originated in Pennsylvania, U.S. What did he mean?

 

[theHawk]

Interesting, Erdogan just said the coup originated in Pennsylvania, U.S. What did he mean?

Pennsylvania ave? I doubt it.

 

[Wolfpack1]

Looks like he was referring to recluse religious scholar Fethullah Gulen. He resides in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania U.S.

 

[Katzndogz]

Wow, it seems Turkey has a history of banning religious parties. Very interesting to see where this path leads from here...

All previous Islamist parties in Turkey had been shut down by either military intervention or rulings by the constitutional court: The National Order Party, founded in 1970, was banned by the Constitutional Court in 1971. The National Salvation Party, founded in 1972, was outlawed after the 1980 military coup. The Welfare Party, founded in 1983, was banned by the Constitutional Court in 1998. The Virtue Party, founded in 1997, was banned in 2001.

Turkey is notable because its Islamist parties have reemerged, more moderate and pragmatic, after each closure. “Autocratic regimes in the Muslim world often ban religious parties, which then go underground and turn violent. Turkey’s Islamists have taken a different path. Despite being repeatedly outlawed and ejected from power, pious politicians have shunned violence, embraced democracy, and moved into the mainstream,” The Economist noted in 2008. “No Islamic party has been as moderate and pro-Western as the AKP, which catapulted into government in 2002 promising to lead Turkey into the European Union.”

Erdoğan, who founded the party, actually rejects defining the AKP in religious terms. “We are not an Islamic party, and we also refuse labels such as Muslim-democrat,” he said in 2005. The AKP leader instead calls the party’s agenda “conservative democracy.”

Islamist Politics in Turkey: The New Model?

The only way a Muslim country can be remotely peaceful is if it's ruled by an iron secular fist. If you let Muslims vote, they'll always end up voting in more and more extremists.

then you are ignorant of the history of turkey

You're ignorant of the history of Islam.

here dopey

History of the Republic of Turkey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

We can now add to their history today, that Obama supports his Islamist buddy Erdogan.

obama supported Morsi too. He's in prison. obama does not support duly elected Assad though. Assad protected the Christians. Can't have that.