Military Coup underway in Turkey

[Krgrecw]

Looks and sounds like the Coup has failed.

[The Chosen One]

Looks and sounds like the Coup has failed.

Erdogan has apparently flown back into the country.

[Oklahomahawk]

For those of us who haven't been keeping score is this a good outcome or a bad outcome?

[The Chosen One]

For those of us who haven't been keeping score is this a good outcome or a bad outcome?

Well, from what I've seen and what I've been reading on the Internets, the military in the Constitution is in charge of keeping Turkey secular and not turning into an Islamic state. The President is pro-Islamic Republic, and arrested tons of military personnel including admirals and generals who stood up to him turning Turkey more into an Islamic country.

So take that however you want.

[Krgrecw]

Reminds me of the military coup in Egypt a few years back. Erdogan is no fan of the west

[The Chosen One]

Reminds me of the military coup in Egypt a few years back. Erdogan is no fan of the west

Just goes to show geniuses in this country who are all about liberating that's it really is settling for lesser of two evils. Gaddafi, Saddam were all bad guys but compared to the instability of now they looked better. Musharraf in Pakistan and Mubarak in Egypt were very friendly for US and contained a lot of the extremism with similar tactics. We were better off with them.

Assad is clearly the lesser of two evils. Syria will look like Libya and Iraq on steroids if and when that crumbles.

[The Chosen One]

Welp, 2500 military persons detained.