I'm sure Obama would LOVE to do what it is said Erdogan is about to do.
Reports are that it is clear that Erdogan and the AKP party will loose the November 1st election, but are going to proceed anyway to turn Turkey into a Dictatorship.
In the past the Turkish military would be expected to end this type of action. But it appears Erdogan has subverted that mechanism.
Remember, Turkey is a NATO member. Remember the US has armed them.
Guess we shall soon see.
Somewhere back three or four years ago....there were a couple of Turk Army officers arrested and to be tried for coup discussions against him. That effectively took an entire layer of the Army out of circulation. Since that point, I suspect that none of the top layer of Turk Army officers will discuss their negativity over the issue in any forum or with anyone.
The thing is...in Erdogan’s weakened state of political acceptance, when he might need military support....there’s nothing there.
While I am no serious student of Turkish politics, the parallels with Obama and our Democrat Socialist party are quite evident. We better pay attention.
It is past time for direct action against Erdogan. It will have to be covert and quick because the US and the EU will back the “official” government. The Turkish military seems to be completely neutered, so it will probably fall to others to stop the palace coup or Turkey will become another Islamist dictatorship and a terrorist state where all the internal opposition will simply be killed or jailed indefinitely.
It’s funny what ambition can accomplish when it comes to corrupting people. Exhibit 1 is Obama’s subversion of the US military by selective promotion of compliant generals.
Turkey is on its way to Islamism and it is NOT to be trusted. And we cannot let Turkey have a veto as to who the US military allies with (e.g., the Kurds). Turkey KNOWS that they have a friend in the Obama Regime.
Don’t know much about Turkey, but it would seem that with Erdogan as a new Ottoman, it’s likely that radical Islam will make advances in what has been, until now, a relatively modern and secular country.
Erdogan is taking a few pages from Putin’s play book and blowing up citizens and blaming it on ,Ah , well anyone
Erdogan thinks he has decapitated the military the way Imam Hussein has decapitated the American military and that the military will be loyal to him and not to the Republic of which it is the Constitutional guardian. We shall see.
AKP is going to untie the election? What does that signify? What is it tied to?
People keep saying 0 is incompetent .
He isn’t , he knows what he is doing .
The Turks were the first he called when he was first elected.
He is trying to revive the Ottoman Empire .
This is why we should NEVER arm any muslim country .
Come spring it will probably get pretty bloody in Europe
expect lots of trouble here too
There is no way Erdogan is giving up power.
Wow this is significant and narry a peep about it in our media outlets. Shame on them.
I read a story a few months ago how crazy this Erdogan is; the story said at least he has serious delusions of grandeur, wishing to be called “God” or likening himself to Him at least. Also apparently planning to build himself some kind of temple or some such where he will be worshipped. And apparently his Muslim followers don’t see anything wrong with this behavior.
He’d be one scary guy to be in charge of a NATO country! He makes the mad mullahs of Iran look tame by comparison.
I don't expect this will be an exception.
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Not that hard. One nice explosive event while Parliament is in session should do it...