Posted on 07/22/2016 9:53:47 AM PDT by MarchonDC09122009
Edited on 07/26/2016 9:10:59 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
The power was restored Friday at a key Turkish base used by U.S. strike aircraft, defense officials said, nearly a week after an attempted overthrow of the Turkish government by a faction of its military spun the country into chaos.
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Gulen will be extradited....
Rangers need to EMP Erdogen’s Palace.
You’re likely correct -
http://m.breaking911.com/turkey-increases-pressure-on-u-s-over-extraditing-cleric/
Turkey increases pressure on U.S. over extraditing cleric
July 22, 2016 | 10:21 AM
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ISTANBUL – Turkey’s top diplomat on Friday told the United States that it should extradite an exiled cleric it has linked to last week’s coup attempt as soon as possible – a sensitive issue that risks causing serious tension between the two allies.
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told state TV TRT Haber that Turkey was ready to take part in a commission proposed by the U.S. to discuss the extradition of Fethullah Gulen, but there was no need for it to take a long time.
“If you want to draw out the Gulen extradition issue it can take years but if you are decisive it can be completed in a short period,” he said in remarks carried by Reuters.
Following a failed July 15 coup by renegade military units, Turkey has carried out a widespread crackdown on the army, police, judiciary and educational institutions, arresting, firing and suspending tens of thousands of people.
The government maintains that followers of Gulen, who resides in Pennsylvania, were behind the coup and has demanded his extradition.
The U.S. has insisted it would need clear evidence of the cleric’s involvement.
For his part, Gulen has denied any link to the plot, implying instead that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan staged it as part of a bid to consolidate power.
The president, meanwhile, called on Turks to continue nightly protests a week after the coup, calling it an “antidote” to the coup.
“I am requesting my heroic nation, which thwarted the armed coup attempt with its foresight and courage, to continue the democracy watch on the streets until our country gets out of this difficult situation for good,” he said late Thursday.
In a sign of the continuing tensions on the street, protesters surrounded a military base in Ankara with trucks and a bulldozer, possibly over fears of further military moves.
The president added that more than 10,000 people have been detained so far. In an earlier speech he emphasized the need for a “cleansing” of society and the existence of a “virus” in the military.
On Thursday, one of Turkey’s most prominent human rights defenders, Orhan Kemal Cengiz, was detained at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport and later transferred to a local police station.
Earlier, Turkey declared a temporary suspension of a European-drafted rights pact that covers issues such as detention and searches.
Lawmakers passed the state-of-emergency motion by a comfortable majority Thursday, giving Turkey’s Cabinet the ability to rule by decree for at least the next three months. The decrees can be overruled by parliament but are not subject to review by Turkey’s Constitutional Court.
The hard-line moves contrasted sharply with an effort by Turkish officials to reassure the country that the post-coup upheavals would not harm the economy or cause permanent harm to Turkey’s relations with the West.
But worries have been growing from Turkey’s NATO allies and others. Turkey is a critical front-line partner in the fight against the Islamic State and efforts to control the flow of migrants into Europe. There also is concern that Turkish society and freedoms could come under much tighter control amid the purges and probes following last week’s unsuccessful coup.
After a military coup in 1980, martial law was imposed in Turkey. And Turkey imposed emergency rule over its restive Kurdish regions in the southeast in 1987, lifting it 15 years later.
But it has never done so for the entire country. Emergency rule grants authorities special powers to use the military and other security services to break up demonstrations and other public gatherings.
Western leaders have been increasingly uncomfortable with the crackdown.
In Washington, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Turkey’s allies will be “closely watching” Erdogan’s next moves.
“We are going to continue to urge them to protect the kinds of democratic traditions and institutions that helped them repel the coup in the first place and are critical to Turkey’s success in the future,” Earnest told reporters.
Gulen will be droned.
“In Washington, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Turkey’s allies will be “closely watching” Erdogan’s next moves.”
Wow, that’s tough talk. Real fighting’ words. Erdogan must be quivering in his boots.
Wow. Just wow. So, they would work with the devil as they work together to defeat evil.
Obama’s anti-ISIS operations: shooting craps, pocket pool, throwing the pigskin around, working on your tan, etc.
Turkey has been a piss poor NATO ally as long as I can remember. I spent 2 years at Incirlik trying to train Turkish fighter pilots. From Incirlik we are able to penetrate Syrian airspace in a matter of minutes. Due to it’s strategic location we have had to lick the Turks boots for decades. Obama’s decision to withdraw our assets in Iraq was horrible as we could have replaced our bases in Turkey for a modernized air base facility in Baghdad.
Apparently this was it was all about:
The top military official at Incirlik Air Base has been arrested, along with other officers at the base — a major U.S. air operations center in the Middle East — in connection with an attempt by a military faction to overthrow the government of Turkey, authorities said Sunday.
http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-turkey-coup-20160717-snap-story.html
If you trust the Turks.
Tremendous thanks for your service to our nation.
I am ashamed that we’ve allowed such terrible leaders in command of our nation’s servicemen and women.
God help us.
How many hundreds of billions in US dollars did Nelly Bottom Obama give the muslims in ransom this time?
If I were in charge of US forces, I’d be working on a backup plan. And those B61’s would definitely be moved, posthaste.
March on...thanks for the kind words and yes, with this current regime it would be very difficult to risk your life for their blatant incompetence. You have to try and focus on your love of Country and do your best to protect your comrades. We were taught to fight for our fellow brothers and not worry too much about the Pentagon brass. I admire the kids out there risking everything and pray that in a few months Trump, Pence, Lt. Gen. Flynn, Christie, Giuliani, Gingrich et al. will commence with the restoration of our military.
and what was the ransom Obama paid to get the lights turned on.
Imagine if a republcian was president?!?!?!
FRONT PAGE NEWS since it started.
Translation: Erdogan’s Muslim wife (the US) had her head slapped, fell to the ground, and was anally raped, because he likes it that way.
When she (the US) got up, she stated the marriage is the most important thing, evidenced by the following quote: “The U.S. will continue to work with Turkey to make sure that U.S. troops and the operations carried out there “remain fully prepared to take on a myriad of missions as we work together to defeat terrorism,” European Command added.”
And of course, not only aren’t Turkey and the US defeating Muslim terrorism, they actively foster it. Witness the 12 year old with his head freshly chopped off - done by a group the CIA/SOF teams run in Syria/Jordan. But hey, they were vetted...
OMuslim is now saving himself for Erdogan (I don’t have THAT picture of top Erdogan pinching bottom OMuslim’s cheek making the FR rounds)
We should extradite Obama a jurisdiction well beyond Pluto!
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