Posted on 07/15/2016 2:26:43 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
The Turkish military has announced it has taken control and overthrown the government of Recep Erdogan as troops round up police and attack the capital Ankara.
Eyewitnesses have reported attack helicopters firing machine guns in the capital Ankara in a bid to depose the Islamic government.
The military said they have taken control in order to protect human rights, however, prime minister Binali Yildirim said only a 'faction' was involved.
Fast attack jets and helicopters were heard above Ankara and Istanbul after the military confirmed they had seized control of the country,.
Istanbul's Bosphorus Bridge and Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge were both closed after the military deployed roadblocks.
Tracer fire from Turkish military helicopters was spotted over Ankara.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Dumbo must be crapping his pants. Watch for more of our generals to be dismissed.
If only the revolution would being in America to remove the illegal muslim government of Obama!
(There is nothing unique/special about the words "radical Islam", "Nation of Islam," "Isis" !!! It is just "Islam!
The State Dept has a travel warning for Israel, but not for Turkey.
The State Dept has a travel warning for Israel, but not for Turkey.
“Pentagon tells US military families to leave Turkey”
Indo Asian News Service
March 29, 2016
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pentagon-tells-us-military-families-leave-turkey-200045515.html
Take the "Midnight Express."
I absolutely think it is a good thing. A very good thing.
THAT was a movie.
Nah. Just walk to the border. Duh. How are they supposed to leave exactly? Airports all closed. Twitter says traffic nightmares everywhere...
They have issued a warning for Americans there to stay indoors, and others not to travel there.
BTW, this is being called a coup, but it’s the duty of the military under the system Ataturk set up to ensure secular government. So it’s not a coup in the classic sense, it’s a constitutional remedy to an Islamic takeover.
This is what happened in Egypt.
Attention all Inhabitants of the Turkish Federation
Attention all Inhabitants of the Turkish Federation
Attention all Inhabitants of the Turkish Federation
We have assumed control
We have assumed control
We have assumed control
This has been typical since the Ataturk. Military deposes a too-Islamic government, takes power for a time, hands government over to more secular civilians and returns to their barracks.
Erdogan is in another city in Turkey on vacation and has requested asylum in Germany. Lucky for him that just last week Germany voted not to insult Erdogan!!!
LOL - I’m serious!
In Turkey, the military is pro-Western, pro-individual rights, and secular.
Lotta people celebrating I’m watching Fox business news and the folks in the street celebrating... sounds like pro-coup!!!!!!
I wonder if the Turks will now finally pull out of Northern Cyprus.
Bingo!
We are in control. We control the horizontal, we control the vertical.... (who remembers the intro to that show?)
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