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Turkish military says it 'fully seized control' of country
Yahoo ^ | July 15, 2016 | AP

Posted on 07/15/2016 3:29:40 PM PDT by Navy Patriot

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's armed forces said it "fully seized control" of the country Friday and its president responded by calling on Turks to take to the streets in a show of support for the government.

A loud explosion was heard in the capital, Ankara, fighter jets buzzed overhead, gunfire erupted outside military headquarters and vehicles blocked two major bridges in Istanbul.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in an interview over FaceTime with the CNN Turk, dismissed the action as "an attempt at an uprising by a minority within our armed forces." His office declined to disclose his whereabouts saying only that he was in a secure location.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: coup; isis; military; turkey; turkeycoup
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To: Arthur McGowan

But Coulter needs to sit down and shut up ...


41 posted on 07/15/2016 3:51:13 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Democrats bait then switch; their fishy voters buy it every time.)
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To: dp0622

Well, let’s keep on looking in that direction. Whenever things are a mess or a confusion for me, which happens many times a day, I put the burden down on the Lord and His promise. Inevitably the picture clears.

It’s the devil who is busy looking for how things can go wrong. God looks for how things can go right. Even if we did not initially even intend them to go right.


42 posted on 07/15/2016 3:53:07 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Paradox

The West could work with Ataturk, still can with al Sisi and Assad.


43 posted on 07/15/2016 3:56:53 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (America, a Rule of Mob nation)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Well said.


44 posted on 07/15/2016 3:58:53 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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To: scooby321

He said the military lost?


45 posted on 07/15/2016 3:59:22 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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To: Navy Patriot

Wonder how that would go down in the US.


46 posted on 07/15/2016 4:00:22 PM PDT by SkyDancer ("They Say That Nobody's Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: Navy Patriot

Turks waant secularism.


47 posted on 07/15/2016 4:03:41 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: SkyDancer
Wonder how that would go down in the US.

Why wonder, the Saudis and "Moderate Muslim Rebels" have fully siezed control of the White Hut.

48 posted on 07/15/2016 4:04:09 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (America, a Rule of Mob nation)
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To: Navy Patriot

Sky News reports:
18:06
President Obama has urged support for “democratically-elected” Turkish government.

Here’s the Sky News live stream:
http://news.sky.com/story/live-turkish-army-says-taken-power-over-country-10503062


49 posted on 07/15/2016 4:06:40 PM PDT by old-ager
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To: old-ager

0bama better keep his ass out of this


50 posted on 07/15/2016 4:07:40 PM PDT by old-ager
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To: Navy Patriot
It's about time!

Though I thought the Islamists managed to get changes to the Constitution to prevent the military from doing its duty to .. well, protect the Constitution and the Republic.

The Islamists spent thirty years infiltrating all aspects of society.. kind of like what the Muslim Brotherhood, CAIR, et al. seem to be doing here.

51 posted on 07/15/2016 4:08:52 PM PDT by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: txrefugee

“Fox reports that Erdogan wantsGermany to grant him asylum, somewhere he can feel at home. Merkel better watch her back”

Why not just ask his best bud, Obama? He could set him up in a nice place like Hawaii...


52 posted on 07/15/2016 4:10:55 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day".)
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To: Georgia Girl 2
Turks want secularism.

More than they want ISIS/ISIL fourth century barbarism, abject poverty and death

53 posted on 07/15/2016 4:11:00 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (America, a Rule of Mob nation)
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To: oblomov

“Evidently Germany denied his asylum request.”

Why? They let in everybody else...


54 posted on 07/15/2016 4:12:39 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day".)
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To: Navy Patriot

Erdogan has been trying to push a traditional secular population toward autocratic Islamic rule. Looks like the tribe has said no. :-)


55 posted on 07/15/2016 4:15:34 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: dp0622

I pray for DT’s safety everyday too.

If the hag wins we’re doomed for sure.

If everything goes sour after this coup I’m going to look for her grubby pawprints.


56 posted on 07/15/2016 4:18:45 PM PDT by Califreak (Madeleine Albright says I'm going to hell. Cruz' dad called me an infidel. Long live the Uniparty!)
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To: oblomov

I agree. I have been on tours off ships through there and the extreme Islamic governing has been a problem.
The women there like driving, education, looking good and not being cattle.

This is great for the people.


57 posted on 07/15/2016 4:21:33 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: old-ager

“0bama better keep his ass out of this”

Erdogan and Obama are buddies.


58 posted on 07/15/2016 4:21:45 PM PDT by flaglady47 (TRUMP ROCKS !!!)
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To: Navy Patriot
The Turk military knows how the Bear plays ball.

They don't want any part of that game.

59 posted on 07/15/2016 4:22:01 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist (And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed,)
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To: Navy Patriot

HOORAY Turkish military.


60 posted on 07/15/2016 4:22:49 PM PDT by PGalt
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