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FAA Bans Flights Between the US and Turkey
NBC10 ^ | 7-16-2016 | Danielle Abreu

Posted on 07/16/2016 10:19:38 AM PDT by tcrlaf

U.S. airline regulators are banning all flights between the U.S. and airports in Turkey as the country fought to overcome a military coup attempt that left at least 161 people dead and scores more wounded Saturday.

The Federal Aviation Administration ban includes commercial and private planes operating into or out of Turkey, as well as flights to the U.S. by non-U.S. carriers via third countries. (SNIP)

Meanwhile, the U.S. embassy in Ankara issued a statement Saturday warning that U.S. government officials have been told not to use the airport in Istanbul and that U.S. citizens in the country should seek shelter. The embassy said it is still hearing reports of sporadic gunfire around the airport.

The Pentagon says U.S. warplanes have stopped flying missions against the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq from a base in southern Turkey after the government closed its airspace to military aircraft.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcphiladelphia.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aviation; faa; flights; turkey; turkeycoup; usembassy
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Broke about an hour ago, this is the first Major Media article I've found.
1 posted on 07/16/2016 10:19:39 AM PDT by tcrlaf
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To: tcrlaf

The Real Coup is just started


2 posted on 07/16/2016 10:20:51 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: tcrlaf

Will they ban THY (Turk Hava Yulari) Turkish Air Lines from entering the US anywhere?


3 posted on 07/16/2016 10:21:37 AM PDT by SkyDancer ("They Say That Nobody's Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: butlerweave

The whole thing is an Erdogan Reichstag Fire.


4 posted on 07/16/2016 10:22:51 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

Seems to be getting a little more bizarre by the hour.


5 posted on 07/16/2016 10:24:40 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: butlerweave

“The Real Coup is just started”

You could be correct.

Twitter reports of thousands of Opposition arrests all over the country.

Erdogan is cleaning house.


6 posted on 07/16/2016 10:25:00 AM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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If this were a game show like Dancing With the Stars, I’d give this coup a 5.

Not a good coup. Couldn’t hold the media building. Couldn’t keep edogan off of Turkish soil.

I’d HATE to be a coup member now.

I could never be part of a coup. Can’t keep secrets well.

Imagine how excited you must be to tell your wife or friends “we’re doing a coup Friday!!” and you can.t


7 posted on 07/16/2016 10:26:57 AM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: tcrlaf

Obama now has the excuse he needed to stop pretending to be attacking ISIS.


8 posted on 07/16/2016 10:28:40 AM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: tcrlaf

Crap, now I will have to switch my summer vacation plans to Tehran or Mogadishu.


9 posted on 07/16/2016 10:28:53 AM PDT by Donglalinger
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To: tcrlaf

Remember, Erdogan is the Islamic dictator that Obama and Kerry said everyone should support....what does that say???


10 posted on 07/16/2016 10:29:08 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: Donglalinger

Tripoli is nice...and Damascus presently has very good room rates. Might be a while before you can get a real doner kebab though.


11 posted on 07/16/2016 10:36:10 AM PDT by ameribbean expat
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To: Donglalinger

Timbuktu. Lots of colleges, and the sports never get rained out.


12 posted on 07/16/2016 10:44:55 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: chajin

I rather liked seeing the huge ‘UFUK University’ sign in Ankara. Always wanted a UFUK U shirt.


13 posted on 07/16/2016 11:17:33 AM PDT by GreyHoundSailor
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To: dp0622

I wish this coup had ended like the Nicolae Ceausescu coup. Now THAT was a coup.

I would love to see Erdogan meet the same fate as Ceausescu.


14 posted on 07/16/2016 11:28:35 AM PDT by CrimsonTidegirl (Proud Islamophobe.)
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To: CrimsonTidegirl

I’m drawing a blank. Thinking a Soviet sattelite but coud be wrong.


15 posted on 07/16/2016 11:41:29 AM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: CrimsonTidegirl

“I would love to see Erdogan meet the same fate as Ceausescu.”

This is where the coup plotters went wrong. They should have gone to the seashore town where Erdogan was ‘vacationing’ and capped him at the outset! Coups are not usually successful without “beheading the snake.”


16 posted on 07/16/2016 11:48:17 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: dfwgator; butlerweave

Yes it was. Notice how they all conveniently had his flags all over the place during the coup?


17 posted on 07/16/2016 12:04:59 PM PDT by ColdOne (poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~GOPe=Vichy Republican swine)
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To: tcrlaf

Didn’t the FAA get the tweet from Obama that he’s in full support of Erdogan? Oops, someone’s going to be in trouble.


18 posted on 07/16/2016 12:14:37 PM PDT by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: dp0622

Vee have our vays of making you talk.

19 posted on 07/16/2016 12:19:07 PM PDT by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: bgill

ROFL!!! i’d spill my guts in a second.

For a cannoli, i’d give military secrets. JK


20 posted on 07/16/2016 12:20:20 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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