Posted on 07/15/2016 12:58:47 PM PDT by winoneforthegipper
Well, we live in interesting times...
Almost happened in 2009, but obama spoke out against it
Department Of Redundancy Department, may we please help you, please?
Oh my god do we ever...
Erdogan was leading Turkey toward an Islamic State. That would be non-secular in my book. Turkey was going down the tubes under Erdogan. I think this is good.
While it's not orderly in the sense that we are accustomed to, "orderly" is a relative term. Military Coups in Turkey.
Others have pointed out, a surefire way to figure out which side is in the right, is to pick the side opposite Obama. He always chooses wrongly.
I don’t see what Martian Law has to do with anything...
I will have to go to twitter to see if deray is fuming
o! Marital Law!
Erdogen's call being echo'd by the imams, said CNN.
CNN suggests the military is divided on the subject. I figure it is divided, but I'd like to know the makeup - 90% in with the military, and 10% in with Erdogen? National police are against the military, for sure.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/live-blog/2016-07-15/turkish-army-seizes-control-of-country
Istanbul commanding general loyal to Erdogan.
Not good.
Looks like this won’t be over quickly or cleanly.
They had to make their move now. In August the President was going to reshuffle the military command and put in people who were his buds.
This Ivan Wilson on CNN sounds like he has a 3rd grade education.
Someone on twitter is reporting the General Intelligence building is burning
Guhlenist are supporters of a cleric living here in the states (PA)
“echo’d by the imams”
Of course. Erdogan is MB/sympathetic. He’s erasing Ataturk’s impact.
If this fails, expect Erdogan to move aggressively toward an Islamic state. Just like when the coup against Chavez failed, he went full tilt socialist.
There are claims this is being run by Gulen followers. Do you know if there is any truth to this?
Yeah...be good to know the breakdown..
Meanwhile, the coup guys have control of some military planes..
Should have done it long ago.
The first bad sign for this coup was when Erdogan wasn’t captured or killed right away.
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