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To: MacNaughton

No, the Turkish military was slaughtering Kurds with Erdogan’s blessing and some NATO ally’s assistance. Try reading about ‘Sledgehammer’ and ‘Turkey’ - that might clear it up a bit.


25 posted on 08/21/2013 3:38:39 PM PDT by GreyHoundSailor
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To: GreyHoundSailor
OK ... thanks for guiding me on that. No, I didn't know about this. Yeah, it does appear Erdogan has crushed the secular military leaaership.

Turkish Coup Plan
Operation Sledgehammer is the name of an alleged Turkish secularist military coup plan which reportedly dates back to 2003, and was allegedly in response to the Islamist Justice and Development Party gaining office.

Reports of the alleged plot first surfaced in the liberal Taraf newspaper, which was passed documents detailing alleged plans to bomb two Istanbul mosques and accuse Greece of shooting down a Turkish plane over the Aegean Sea. The plan allegedly was to stir up chaos and justify a military coup. The army said the plans had been discussed but only as part of a scenario-based planning exercise at a military seminar.

In 2012 some 300 of the 365 suspects were sentenced to prison terms, while 34 suspects were acquitted. The case is to be appealed.

26 posted on 08/21/2013 4:21:20 PM PDT by MacNaughton
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