Cool heads better prevail. We’be got a real problem with Turkey. They no longer belong in NATO unless the current govt goes. Like Egypt we still have close ties with their military. They have been the guardians of modern Turkey. Another military take over may be necessary.
Erdogan has purged a bunch of officers. Several years ago anticipating a day like this.
2011-”The Turkish army has undergone a radical transformation since 2007, yet this has been barely reported in the Australian media.
On July 29, chief of Turkey’s general staff, General Isik Kosaner, and the heads of Turkey’s army, navy and air force, resigned.
Kosaner said he did so because it was “impossible†for him to continue serving in light of the government’s detention of 250 serving and retired military personnel, including several generals and admirals.
On the eve of his departure, 22 high-ranking soldiers were indicted for allegedly calumniating the government.”
Also Big Peace (Link) - Rob Miller (February 15, 2011)
While everyone’s eyes are on Egypt and its possible Islamization, something even more significant is going on under the wire in Turkey.
The government of Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan took a major step towards consolidating its regime by conducting what amount to show trials of high ranking military officers and political opponents on charges that they attempted to overthrow Erdogan’s Islamist government in 2003.
A Turkish court ruled Friday, February 12th that 133 current and former Turkish military officers must be immediately arrested and jailed pending the outcome of their trial on charges of plotting to overthrow the government and issued warrants for the immediate arrests of 29 other officers.”