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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan 'flees country in private jet' after military launches coup
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| 7-15-16
Posted on 07/15/2016 2:32:57 PM PDT by InvisibleChurch
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has reportedly fled the country in a private jet following a military coup.
In the last few hours gunfire has been heard in the Turkish capital Ankara as military jets and helicopters were seen flying overhead.
In Istanbul, the Bosphorus Bridge and Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge have been closed, along with Attaturk airport where tanks and soldiers have been seen.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: chicken; erdogan; flee; militarycoup; militerycoup; turkey; turkeycoup
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To: InvisibleChurch
I’m surprised that SA doesn’t take him in.
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posted on
07/15/2016 2:45:30 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(auto spelchk? BWAhaha2haaa.....I aint't likely fixin' nuttin'. Blame it on the Bossa Nova...)
To: InvisibleChurch
To: InvisibleChurch
Just remember that Obama always makes the wrong move.
23
posted on
07/15/2016 2:46:22 PM PDT
by
justa-hairyape
(The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
To: Byron_the_Aussie
Moëz BHAR @moezbhar
#BREAKING: Heavy gunfire at Turkish Presidential Palace
5:47 PM - 15 Jul 2016
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posted on
07/15/2016 2:46:37 PM PDT
by
exit82
(Road Runner sez:" Let's Make America Beeping Great Again! Beep! Beep!")
To: KC_Lion
It does not surprise me that that bombastic Jew-hating SOB would run like a whipped puppy.
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posted on
07/15/2016 2:46:44 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: InvisibleChurch
Hopefully it means the return of Ataturk-ism to Turkey.
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posted on
07/15/2016 2:47:11 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: InvisibleChurch
Wish they “Allende’ed” the bastard.
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posted on
07/15/2016 2:49:08 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Kenny
Wish it was Obama. He could keep the jet.Why do you think Obama got rid of so many generals?
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posted on
07/15/2016 2:50:03 PM PDT
by
dragonblustar
(When rulers are wicked, their people are too; but good men will live to see the tyrantÂ’s downfall.)
To: exit82
Erdogan is trying to get asylum in Germany.
Just what Germany needs—another Muslim refugee without a job.
29
posted on
07/15/2016 2:50:03 PM PDT
by
exit82
(Road Runner sez:" Let's Make America Beeping Great Again! Beep! Beep!")
To: Kenny
30
posted on
07/15/2016 2:50:19 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
To: InvisibleChurch
Should have paid the military brass their fair share of the ISIS oil
money that he has been importing and selling under the table.
31
posted on
07/15/2016 2:50:52 PM PDT
by
tennmountainman
("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance)
To: WashingtonSource
That solution had the background music of wintertime and Christmas. It would be like Christmas in July.
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posted on
07/15/2016 2:51:00 PM PDT
by
Vermont Lt
(Ask Bernie supporters two questions: Who is rich. Who decides. In the past, that meant who died.)
To: InvisibleChurch
Say, Recep - have you ever been in a Turkish prison?
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posted on
07/15/2016 2:51:06 PM PDT
by
Noumenon
(We owe them nothing: not respect, not loyalty, not obedience.)
To: exit82
Erdogan is trying to get asylum in Germany.Obama better not bring his ass here.
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posted on
07/15/2016 2:51:13 PM PDT
by
dragonblustar
(When rulers are wicked, their people are too; but good men will live to see the tyrantÂ’s downfall.)
To: InvisibleChurch
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posted on
07/15/2016 2:51:25 PM PDT
by
headstamp 2
(Fear is the mind killer.)
To: Donglalinger
the first thing I thought was, I bet Merkel has staff fluffing the pillows and chilling the champagne in his new German mansion for him
36
posted on
07/15/2016 2:51:29 PM PDT
by
blueplum
(March 11, 2016 - the day the First Amendment died?)
To: AngelesCrestHighway
Sanction? I think you mean sanctuary.
37
posted on
07/15/2016 2:51:43 PM PDT
by
Enchante
(Hillary's new campaign slogan: "Guilty as hell, free as a bird!! Laws are for peasants!")
To: dfwgator
Hung with meat hooks, piano wire, shot in a desolate courtyard, hanged from a bridge, Swiss cheesed in the throne room.....
One way or the other, better than to have the Islamist pig breathe another day.
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posted on
07/15/2016 2:52:04 PM PDT
by
Thumper1960
(Trump-2016)
To: exit82
NBC’s reporting that a senior US military source says Erdogan was refused landing rights in Istanbul and may be seeking to land in Germany.
To: InvisibleChurch
Time for the ‘retired’ generals in America to revolt and go after the illegal Obammy!
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posted on
07/15/2016 2:52:38 PM PDT
by
HomerBohn
(Liberals and Slinkys: Good for nothing but make you smile as you shove them down the stairs.)
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