Posted on 07/23/2016 8:10:57 AM PDT by darkwing104
Incirlik Air Base is located in the İncirlik quarter of the city of Adana, Turkey. The United States Air Force and the Turkish Air Force are the primary users of the base, although it is also used by the Royal Air Force and by the Royal Saudi Air Force. The air base has continued to rely on backup generators since the failed coup plunged the country into crisis. Commercial power was cut to the base in and the airspace above it closed to air traffic within hours of last Friday's attempted military takeover in the NATO country. There is little indication when power will be restored.
This week Turkish lawmakers declared a three-month national state of emergency granting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sweeping powers to purge the military and potential political foes after the alleged military coup. In granting Erdogan dictatorial authority , Parliament has enabled him to issue decrees that have the force of law without judicial or even parliamentary approval. Already with a history of autocratic conduct, Erdogan insists that the “state of emergency will counter threats to Turkish democracy.” This is not how the political leader of a member nation of NATO should behave.
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim declared "This is a state of emergency imposed not on the people, but on (the state) itself." The Turkish government is using this rhetoric to remove the enemies of the state. The regime’s enemy of choice is Muhammed Fethullah Gülen, a former ally of Erdogan actively involved in the societal debate concerning the future of the Turkish state and Islam in the modern world.
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Erdogan will turn the base over to his new friends ,the Russians
He'd surrender DC and the Pentagram if he could.
He serves the lord of the Pentagram.
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He IS DARK Lord of the Pentagram, lol.
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You haven’t been paying attention if you think there’s much friendship there.
And these are our supposed allies in the Islamic world?
Rubbish. Pure rubbish.
And these are our supposed allies in the Islamic world?
Rubbish. Pure rubbish.
Ben Ghazi Turkey style.
When does the Incirlik Airlift begin? Why aren’t flying in supplies to the base, if necessary, under cover of aircraft from our carriers in the eastern Med?
Seems to me, in a normal world, Turkey is the one who had the problem and should be the worried party. There was a really easy way to dispose of any MK 61 nuclear bombs at Incirlik on very short notice and that disposal method is one which Turkey would not like one bit.
Under any other American President, Turkey would begging for our forgiveness for even inconveniencing Americans stationed in Turkey and if they so much as made any threats towards the base Turkey's military would cease to exist.
The author states as of the writing on July 23, “There is little indication when power will be restored.”
Power was restored to the base on July 22.
The article was posted on the 23rd. It was written on the 20th. It's a gamble writing such pieces because you'll never know what is going to happen the next day.
As for the news reports regarding the restoration of power probably were written last week and updated to reflect that power was restored Friday.
Anyway I am glad the Airmen are safe and can perform their task. Now they will need to implement plans to remove additional assets out of the country.
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