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Erdogan lands in Istanbul, giving speech
RT ^
| July 15, 2016
Posted on 07/15/2016 6:25:34 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
A plane carrying Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has landed at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport. The country’s leader is making a statement on the military coup.
Erdogan has addressed crowds of supporters after emerging at Ataturk Airport.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: erdoganspeech; ist; turkey; turkeycoup
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Looks like the coup failed.
To: MinorityRepublican
I believe reports that the fighting has stopped are wrong.
Helicopter gunship strafes crowd...?!?!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Vufd_4rups
Appears so. They have some Turkish domestic variation on the AH-64, but I don’t know the exact a/c here, obviously.
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posted on
07/15/2016 6:27:07 PM PDT
by
gaijin
To: MinorityRepublican
Or he’s a soon to be dead dictator
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posted on
07/15/2016 6:28:18 PM PDT
by
Ophiucus
To: MinorityRepublican
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posted on
07/15/2016 6:28:23 PM PDT
by
MNDude
(God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat.)
To: MinorityRepublican
I’m so #####ing depressed
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posted on
07/15/2016 6:28:36 PM PDT
by
dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: MinorityRepublican
Must have been Obama’s support.
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posted on
07/15/2016 6:28:41 PM PDT
by
madprof98
To: MinorityRepublican
Erdrogan might just have a rump state based around Istanbul like Assad with Damascus.
To: gaijin
That scene happened earlier in the evening. If the military is truly in charge, they wouldn’t allow Erdogan to land in Istanbul and give a speech to his supporters.
To: MinorityRepublican
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posted on
07/15/2016 6:30:24 PM PDT
by
gaijin
To: MinorityRepublican
Nothing a little air support wouldn’t fix
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posted on
07/15/2016 6:30:28 PM PDT
by
RightGeek
(FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
To: MinorityRepublican
Too bad. The world could have used some good news for a change.
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posted on
07/15/2016 6:30:56 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: madprof98
Obama would have sent in US forces to put him back in power.
I would have loved to see how our military responded to THAT order. Hopefully with a coup of their own. but I doubt it.
Also, did you get the feeling that this was ALL THEATER ?!
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posted on
07/15/2016 6:30:59 PM PDT
by
Celerity
To: MinorityRepublican
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posted on
07/15/2016 6:31:29 PM PDT
by
dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: MinorityRepublican
I wouldn’t draw conclusions yet...
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posted on
07/15/2016 6:32:26 PM PDT
by
mikeIII
To: MinorityRepublican
He consolidates power and accelerates movement to full Islamist Sharia law. In the meantime at the White House Obama celebrates with a round of golf.
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posted on
07/15/2016 6:32:42 PM PDT
by
Lent
To: MinorityRepublican
I expect fairly soon for the official name of Turkey to become the “Islamic Republic of Turkey.”
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posted on
07/15/2016 6:33:31 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: dfwgator
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posted on
07/15/2016 6:34:20 PM PDT
by
Jim Noble
(The polls can have a strong influence on the weak-minded)
To: MinorityRepublican
They coup deal with it the ‘hard’ way, unfortunately some innocent people might get killed. Bomb his location, now.
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posted on
07/15/2016 6:34:55 PM PDT
by
BigEdLB
(Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
To: MinorityRepublican
Stratfor claiming coup might have been driven/led by Islamists within the Turkish military, which - if true - would mean there are no good guys in this one...
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posted on
07/15/2016 6:35:31 PM PDT
by
karnage
To: Snickering Hound
Erdrogan might just have a rump state based around Istanbul like Assad with Damascus. Now that would be ironic...
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posted on
07/15/2016 6:35:41 PM PDT
by
mac_truck
(aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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