Yeah. "Elements" in the military have cut off strategic ingress/egress points to Ankara and shots are being fired.
Which is literally the chickens coming home to roost considering how much ISIS oil Turkey has bought and how many sympathetic cocksuckers to the cause have done their best to support ISIS there because they resent being unable to beat their women effectively. Because "the west" or some shit.
It's a real dog and pony show SHOUT OUT TO GRENADAROGER I SEE YOU.
At least this might finally slam the door on Turkey's attempt to get into the EU.
Admission of Turkey to the EU would pretty much be a free pass for terrorists to flow unrestricted into EU nations, even worse than it is today.
You do realize what a nightmare scenario this could be for the USA right??? Turkey is a member of NATO would this invoke Article 5 for NATO to get involved directly or would it be a simple of blocking their involvement.. Bigger issue is Turkey has key US Bases.. This could be a clusterfuck for many..Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
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Originally Posted by PuppyMonkeyBabyYou do realize what a nightmare scenario this could be for the USA right??? Turkey is a member of NATO would this invoke Article 5 for NATO to get involved directly or would it be a simple of blocking their involvement.. Bigger issue is Turkey has key US Bases.. This could be a clusterfuck for many..Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
Providing of course the coup succeeds, and isnt immediately redressed by a luridly spectacular show of military might from us and friends. Which, given Turkey's strategic importance regarding not just bases but more importantly, fly-over rights, is likely to happen.
Yes, I guess I didn't word my post very well.Quote:
Originally Posted by PuppyMonkeyBabyYou do realize what a nightmare scenario this could be for the USA right??? Turkey is a member of NATO would this invoke Article 5 for NATO to get involved directly or would it be a simple of blocking their involvement.. Bigger issue is Turkey has key US Bases.. This could be a clusterfuck for many..Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
I wasn't saying this was overall a good thing, but rather just mentioned the one positive that would come from it.
Lol just saw a clip of a turkish news broadcast where the female anchor was holding up an iPhone talking to Erdogan on FaceTime while he is begging the people to protest in the streets
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this.. doth not bode well.
2016: worst year, ever
this thread could really use some facts about turkey
jackiel, i give you the floor.
You do know the Military much like Egypt is actually secular vs President Erdogan is in fact a bit of a Islamist himself if anything this was a move by the military to put a stop to Turkey drifting into a situation of a pseudo Islamist state. He has been consolidating power and has become an autocratic power hungry POS.Quote:
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Among countries where such a thing is even remotely possible (i.e. not countries like America), Turkey is probably the third worst place in the world for a coup/leadership chaos. The only worse I could think of would be Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.
Coup fail.
All political parties support elected government, including Kurds.
AFP reports that an f-16 has shot down a helicopter that contained coup plotters.
laterfags
Whats interesting is we may have misread the alignment of the military coup; apparently they are pro-democracy and possibly going ham because of Islamic influence in the government, not in favor of.
In before Obama kneejerks this into the lap of ISIS somehow.
Cranberries. It's a fact not just some rural legendQuote:
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glad to see the military got the note i wrote them asking to change back instanbul to constantinople
Some protesters are calling for Istanbul to be renamed Todgestantinople.Quote:
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In 2013 there were 98 airports in Turkey including 22 international airports