Possible coup in Turkey

[Oric]

F-16s flying faster than sound 100 meters above the city. Incredible sonic booms

 

[tynopik]

what morons launch a coup without being sure they can get the leader FIRST THING?

 

[Jaskalas]

F-16s flying faster than sound 100 meters above the city. Incredible sonic booms

What a waste of F16s.

 

[shortylickens]

The cats are probably involved, somehow.

 

[Turkish]

Live stream of CNN Turk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO0g09LfbNQ

 

[Captain Picard]

Good.

I hope the military succeeds. Wouldn't mind a few bombs landing on Erdogan's ridiculous palace as well.

 

[BxgJ]

Live stream of CNN Turk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO0g09LfbNQ

Oh those comments.....

 

[justoh]

Supposed to be sleeping, instead i'm watching facebook live video of a group of guys who captured a tank

 

[Guurn]

Umm guys, it's pronounced coup.

 

[Capt Caveman]

So what exactly happens if a "NATO" member, country's military has a coup ?

I'm not too familiar with NATO and the finer details of how it works.

It will be interesting. Turkey is one of the US's biggest allies in the area. We have a joint US airbase there with nuclear weapons. So far, the base and US soldiers have not been affected.

 

[Jaskalas]

It will be interesting. Turkey is one of the US's biggest allies in the area. We have a joint US airbase there with nuclear weapons. So far, the base and US soldiers have not been affected.

It's usually best not to mess with US nuclear weapons.
If you don't want your entire country to glow in the dark.

 

[Double Trouble]

Right now it seems nobody really has a clear picture of what is going on and who exactly has the upper hand. Erdogan wants to rule with absolute power, he's destroyed the free media and political opposition. Wouldn't be the worst thing for the military to take him out and clean house. Then again, military coups are usually not a good substitute for democracy.

Will be interesting to see how it shakes out, but it appears that the coup has failed and Erdogan will be even more ruthless and empowered to continue destroying the country.

 

[Genx87]

This has the feel of a fake coup with the intention to consolidate power written all over it.

 

[postmortemIA]

Rumor is that Erdogan has escaped to Tehran

 

[Londo_Jowo]

This has the feel of a fake coup with the intention to consolidate power written all over it.

Yes, it surely does. :thumbsdown:

 

[Jaskalas]

Rumor is that Erdogan has escaped to Tehran

ROFL, at least make the rumor BS believable.
Erdogan is sunni, Iran is shiite.

 

[postmortemIA]

ROFL, at least make the rumor BS believable.
Erdogan is sunni, Iran is shiite.

On his way to Qatar. It is a rumor, so it does not have to be true!

 

[Jaskalas]

On his way to Qatar. It is a rumor, so it does not have to be true!

It sounds like he's in Turkey.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has addressed thousands of flag-waving supporters outside Istanbul's Ataturk Airport and tells them he is charge and coup won't succeed.

 

[BxgJ]

Well just now on cnn, mention of rumors that it was a 'fake' coup. What a mess.

Unless something changes it wasn't a well organized one, at the least.

 

[John Connor]

The Turkish government is going to hang these coup d'etat MOFOs. I can almost guarantee it. If they are lucky they may get 30+ years in a shity prison.

Turkey is no joke. They have nukes and a VERY powerful military thanks to us giving them their military shit. To make matters worse they are part of NATO. I would personally like to see Turkey not part of NATO.

 

[John Connor]

Well just now on cnn, mention of rumors that it was a 'fake' coup. What a mess.

Unless something changes it wasn't a well organized one, at the least.

CNN is a joke!

 

[BxgJ]

CNN is a joke!

Reporting on what some are saying, to analyze and likely dismiss such things, does not make a news network a joke.

It does say something about the person unable to understand that.

 

[jman19]

The Turkish government is going to hang these coup d'etat MOFOs. I can almost guarantee it. If they are lucky they may get 30+ years in a shity prison.

Turkey is no joke. They have nukes and a VERY powerful military thanks to us giving them their military shit. To make matters worse they are part of NATO. I would personally like to see Turkey not part of NATO.

Well, they have American nukes, which can't be activated without US authority.

 

[Zorba]

This has the feel of a fake coup with the intention to consolidate power written all over it.

Yeah, this is what I was thinking.

 

[Jaskalas]

It sounds like the coup has failed and is mostly over.

Should these reports be true, the chances of civil war rapidly diminish. Much as I despise Erdogan, such violence would have made matters much worse.