they should have whacked him in the opening hours ....Just like Hitler , on July 20th ,1944 . If you don’t get the main guy ....
The paranoia runs deep with this guy.
Sharia or die
As soon as Obama jumped on board for Erdogan, I knew it.
I be the coup was staged - encourage some known dissidents to start, thinking they will have some major backing.
The fact that they could have shot Erdogan down and didn’t tells a lot too.
The paranoia runs deep
And now the average Turk, who may not have cared for Erdogan before, will suddenly start believing that Erdogan can truly resurrect the Ottoman Empire, which is the secret desire of EVERY Turk.
“and is a Western ally against Islamic State.”
If you say so Reuters.
Just one question. Who has actual custody of the tactical nukes on that as ir force base that was shut down?
The country only has 80 million.
Will be hard to match Mao’s or Stalin’s approx 70 million.
But, maybe he should try?????
Hitting critical mass.
Studies have shown that the average number of acquaintances (people you recognize somehow) over a 20 year period is upwards of 2,000 people.
With 50,000 people purged and an overall population of 80 million, that would make 1 in 1,600 Turks being purged.
That means that the average adult Turk is an aquintence of, or would somehow recognize, someone that is being purged.
This will instill fear widely in the society, which is probably the very intent -much like a Stalinist purge.
If this many people from all walks of life were involved in this-how the f#%@ did it fail?/semi-S
when gets his hands on NATO’s Nukes he’ll go after the Kurds
I kinda remember something like this happened no so long ago in History. All officers above LTC were removed and disappeared, because they were influenced by outside their country’s officer training program.
[ Welcome to the Caliphate...and to the Caliph. ]
Certainly he’s trying it. My guess is he’s creating a minimum of 10x more enemies.
Turkey could get.......interesting.
Any doubt now that the whole thing was a faux coup to allow the new “Reichstag’s” purge?
The steps modeled by Erdogan are precisely the steps that the US should take to eradicate Islam domestically.
When Obama immediately went all in for Erdogan I knew that he was a very bad character. Obama is always on the wrong side of everything.
yeah, right - 50,000 people involved in a failed coup attempt. Seems like just an excuse to consolidate power and eliminate opposition.
We fear are going to wish this faux-coup had succeeded.
It seems more certain than ever, the coup was a staged hoax, because without that coup “excuse”, the Islamists could never have justified 50,000 executions!
we may have millions of new muslim refugees storming Europe if this situation get worse. Turkey shares a land border with Bulgaria and Greece. It could get catastrophic.
He is sweeping out anyone who does not believe in sharia. Really bad.