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BREAKING NEWS: Reports of a nationwide military martial law declared by Turkish Army.
Alert One Breaking News ^ | 07/15/16 | BN

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

(Excerpt) Read more at twitter.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: coup; erdogen; isis; islam; martiallaw; military; muslimworld; turkey; turkeycoup; turkish
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To: Lazamataz

The world will act up while the US has a paper tiger at the helm.


1,221 posted on 07/15/2016 11:38:38 PM PDT by Churchillspirit (9/11/2001 and 9/11/2012: NEVER FORGET.)
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To: BeauBo

Some of the people coming out were suicidal. Saw a video of an armored vehicle mowing down half a dozen fairly horrifically. The crowd more and less kept running after the vehicle and did not care much for the flattened bodies.


1,222 posted on 07/15/2016 11:43:08 PM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: justa-hairyape

This isn’t Ataturk’s Turkey. The country is becoming fundamentalist.


1,223 posted on 07/15/2016 11:44:16 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: little jeremiah

“False flag has been tossed around since the beginning of this”

A lot of twitter posters are theorizing that this was a false flag operation for Erdogan to seize more power, like the Riechstag Fire.

Erdogan does seem to have rekindled the Kurdish conflict just to regain power after his party lost their Majority in last June’s elections (successfully). He is also widely speculated to have his intel services pop some chemical weapons in Syria a few years back - attempting to pin responsibility on Assad, and draw the US into the Syrian War (unsuccessfully).

So while I wouldn’t put it past him to attempt it, I doubt his ability to pull it off at this scale.

Stratfor seems to think that the coup plotters were Gulenists, and that is why most senior brass did not support the coup.

Regardless of how the coup came about, Erdogan will seek to consolidate more power from it.


1,224 posted on 07/15/2016 11:44:50 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: Ray76

“Erdogon addressed a crowd - he went into the crowd and addressed the crowd. “

At the Airport, away from the city streets. His hard core supporters were there - but my question is who are his hard core supporters. I doubt that they are just a bunch of individuals, but rather are predominantly members of groups of some sort, that have been previously organized, agitated, indoctrinated or straight out hired.

I wonder what groups he has. They would need to be identified and planned for, if the General Staff were to plan a future full coup.


1,225 posted on 07/16/2016 12:02:11 AM PDT by BeauBo
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To: BeauBo
I wonder what groups he has. They would need to be identified and planned for, if the General Staff were to plan a future full coup.

Secular soldiers would keep their mouths shut because Erdogan is going to appoint his loyalists into senior leadership.

1,226 posted on 07/16/2016 12:08:09 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: BeauBo

See the video at the top of this page, starting at 40 seconds. Look at the crowd when they zoom out

http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/latest-updates-on-the-attempted-coup-in-turkey-1.2988895?autoPlay=true


1,227 posted on 07/16/2016 12:10:44 AM PDT by Ray76 (The evil effect of Obergefell is to deprive the people of rule of law & subject us to tyranny!)
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To: Ray76

BREAKING: 200 pro-coup soldiers at military HQ have surrendered to Turkish police, according to Anadolu Agency.


1,228 posted on 07/16/2016 12:14:28 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: BeauBo

BREAKING: Death toll in #Turkey coup violence rises to 90 killed with 1,154 wounded


1,229 posted on 07/16/2016 12:15:13 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: justa-hairyape

BREAKING: More than 1,500 military personnel arrested in #Turkey coup plot, senior official says.


1,230 posted on 07/16/2016 12:17:10 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

That death toll seems ridiculously low. A military coup with at least 1,500 soldiers, tanks, aircraft and helicopters, ends up killing about as many as one islamic truck driver in Nice ? Later.


1,232 posted on 07/16/2016 12:28:10 AM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: Ray76
Jihad much, beard boys?


1,233 posted on 07/16/2016 12:31:10 AM PDT by BeauBo
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To: justa-hairyape
death toll seems ridiculously low. A military coup with at least 1,500 soldiers, tanks, aircraft and helicopters, ends up killing about as many as one islamic truck driver in Nice ? Later.

Half-assed job. It's like they didn't want it.

1,234 posted on 07/16/2016 12:32:09 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: BeauBo

Average schlubs.


1,235 posted on 07/16/2016 12:36:48 AM PDT by Ray76 (The evil effect of Obergefell is to deprive the people of rule of law & subject us to tyranny!)
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To: stuck_in_new_orleans

That’s a shame.

For the life of me I don’t understand how an American today enlists in the military and then watches our “president” support an “ally” that is providing material aid to our enemy (ISIS).

Bizarre...


1,236 posted on 07/16/2016 4:32:04 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: jennychase

See # 1236; last night it was reported these soldiers were ordered to kill any wounded ISIS members seeking refuge in Turkey...and our “president” encouraged people to support Erdogan.

Turkey deserves the misery they endure; Ataturk’s legacy is dead.


1,237 posted on 07/16/2016 4:33:58 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Ray76

So the dictator gets to further consolidate and enhance his power?

This stinks. Its the Reichstag Fire all over again


1,238 posted on 07/16/2016 4:34:25 AM PDT by WashingtonFire
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To: BeauBo

Muslims were chanting Muslim things? Oh my. I had no idea!!!


1,239 posted on 07/16/2016 5:15:16 AM PDT by stuck_in_new_orleans
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To: BeauBo

You’re in denial. Go take your meds you sound crazy


1,240 posted on 07/16/2016 5:16:06 AM PDT by stuck_in_new_orleans
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