Posted on 07/15/2016 12:58:47 PM PDT by winoneforthegipper
Alert One @2008alerts
BREAKING NEWS: Reports of a nationwide military martial law declared by Turkish Army. 12:52 PM - 15 Jul 2016
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Nah looks like he’s going to survive this. He landed his plane, talked to thousands of supporters, help a conference. Pretty sure the coup is going to fail.
This reminds me of the attempted coup by left-wing sections of the army in Indonesia in 1965, it went off half cock and failed woefully.
Over the next three months the army systematically wiped out all the communists and their sympathisers in Indonesia, probably half a million were killed. You don’t hear much these days about left-wing Indonesians.
I think Erdogan is going to follow a similar script here.
He would not have threatened a Stalin purge if he actually still had control. Those are done in secrecy after the military feels a little secure. He threatened it too scare a few troops away from the coup forces.
witnesses cited by Reuters said there were clashes between anti-coup protesters and the soldiers surrendering at Istanbul’s Bosphorus Bridge after protesters attacked them.
Oh, no. He’ll try to be everyone’s best buddy and wonder why everyone’s mad at him.
The issue was that he could not land his plane for awhile. In Europe.
Duly elected doesn’t mean good. We should understand that.
State-run @trtworld broadcasting from London because Istanbul offices were taken over by military coup troops
BREAKING: 754 members of the armed forces taken into custody over coup attempt, #Turkey's justice ministry says - @BNONews
ilhan tanir @WashingtonPoint 1m1 minute ago ilhan tanir Retweeted cumhuriyet.com.tr
Ongoing op against Kuleli Military School in Asia side of Istanbul, currently cordoned by police forces. Turkey
ETA 11:54 PM CDT:
Gilgo @agirecudi 12s12 seconds ago
Turkish police have launched operation against Kuleli military academy in Istanbul.
Conflict News @Conflicts 1m1 minute ago
BREAKING: Tanks leaving Turkish Armed Forces HQ in #Ankara fires at trucks used by police as barricade #Turkey - @agirecudi
Gilgo @agirecudi 6m6 minutes ago
Commander of Turkish Army's Mediterranean Region, Brigadier General Demirhan has been arrested.
Gilgo @agirecudi 1m1 minute ago
Another Brigadier General, this time in Hatay (south Turkey, bordering Syria) has been arrested.
It appears the rebels have the air force and Erdogan has ground troops. Generals and colonels are being arrested.
Gilgo @agirecudi 1m1 minute ago
Another Brigadier General, this time in Hatay (south Turkey, bordering Syria) has been arrested.
ilhan tanir @WashingtonPoint 11m11 minutes ago Washington, DC
Turkish Air Forces and Land Forces commanders' whereabouts are unknown. 7.52am local time.
ilhan tanir @WashingtonPoint 12m12 minutes ago Washington, DC
Turkish General Chief of Staff HQuarter status is very unclear. Many commanders, including (ex) general chief of staff thought to be there.
Source please?
ilhan tanir Retweeted cumhuriyet.com.tr
Turkish Army Forces published its last memo at 6.50 am local (90 mins ago) saying “movement continues"
ilhan tanir added,
cumhuriyet.com.tr @cumhuriyetgzt Oren Dorell Verified account @OrenDorell
@WashingtonPoint What movement?
ilhan tanir @WashingtonPoint 3m3 minutes ago
ilhan tanir Retweeted Oren Dorell
Meaning “coup movement continues"
“He landed his plane, talked to thousands of supporters”
I wonder about his supporters who came pouring out so quickly.
I noticed that they were overwhelmingly military age men, very often with military/police style short hair, and many with islamic style short beards.
I wonder if he had previously organized groups to rule the streets - secret police, auxiliary militias, religious societies, religious police and such. They seemed rather uniform, even it in plainclothes.
I am not so sure that this was a spontaneous public outpouring, as it was activation of alert rosters.
UPDATE: Fighting still being reported at military HQ in #Ankara #Turkey - @AssetSourceApp
Conflict News @Conflicts 6m6 minutes ago #TurkeyCoup
- 60 dead
- 1000 injured
- 754 members of armed forces arrested
- 29 colonels
- 5 generals
- Operations continue
yay another conspiracy nut
BREAKING: 16 coup soldiers killed and 250 detained by police at the Gendarmerie Command in #Ankara - @DailySabah
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