Military Coup underway in Turkey

[The Chosen One]

Erdogan is safEly hiding, seeking asylum in Germany.

[Julio3000]

Attack on the Radiohead listening party was the last straw.

[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.

[weso1]

This attempted coup is very suspicious.

[Hawk]

This attempted coup is very suspicious.

To say the least.

[BedellBrave]

Yes it is. Particularly how quickly it "folded." I wouldn't doubt that Erdogan staged it to drive Turkey further into becoming an Islamist Regime. Erdogan has for the past several years has been removing any threats from within the military and judiciary. This is not good. Not good at all for secularists, Kurds, and non-Islamists.

[50PoundHead]

Curious to see what happens to the arrested military officials. Erdogan seems to want to have things both ways concerning the West. Wants to be in the EU, but wants to run an authoritarian regime without criticism from the West at the same time. Wants help with ISIS, but only if it doesn't include help from the Kurds.

[BedellBrave]

Curious to see what happens to the arrested military officials. Erdogan seems to want to have things both ways concerning the West. Wants to be in the EU, but wants to run an authoritarian regime without criticism from the West at the same time. Wants help with ISIS, but only if it doesn't include help from the Kurds.

He's also assisted ISIS. And has been doing a lot of stuff in the east against the Kurds that goes unreported. Had friends working in the east that got booted out - can't have too many western eyes looking in...

He's bad news and has been for a long time now. Started out promising. Hard to get a read on exactly what he's going for.

[weso1]

Damn.

[BedellBrave]

Whether it was staged or not, Erdogan is sure using it to get rid of a lot more enemies. He's a very dangerous man. My contacts are keeping a very low profile.

[sturg33]

False flag operations are used all the time in probably every country in order to advance an agenda. Very sad

[50PoundHead]

Whether it was staged or not, Erdogan is sure using it to get rid of a lot more enemies. He's a very dangerous man. My contacts are keeping a very low profile.

I have a friend who was in the State Department there until about three months ago. Needless to say, he was happy for his new posting in Cuba.

[BedellBrave]

Word from one of my friends - marshall law now.

[weso1]

Turkey arrests 62 schoolchildren for TREASON following failed military coup

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