Military coup in Turkey.

[Sean]

Or at least that's what it looks like.

2016 hasn't been a quiet year so far, has it?

 

[gravyrug]

This is one of those not-sure-who-to-root-for situations. I'm generally against military coups, but Erdogan is pretty terrible. I hope it's resolved with minimal violence.

 

[Hard_Rom]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ankara-turkey-gunshot-military-coup-1.3681441
(link should update as new news comes in)

Turkish military says it has taken power to protect democratic order
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says coup an 'initiative that would interrupt democracy'

Turkey's military says armed forces have "fully taken control" of the country. The military said Friday the move was made to protect the democratic order and maintain human rights. In a statement sent by email and reported on Turkish TV channels, the military said all of Turkey's existing foreign relations would be maintained and that the rule of law would remain the priority.

Earlier, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim told NTV television Turkey would never allow any "initiative that would interrupt democracy."

He added that those responsible would pay the highest price.

Earlier, military jets were heard flying over the capital of Ankara. Media reports said ambulances were seen in front of Turkey's military headquarters. Istanbul's Bosphorus Bridge and Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge were both closed on Friday, local television channels reported.

 

[Hard_Rom]

Conspiracy theory types might say that it is a way to crack down on radical Islamists without the government or the people incurring the wrath of the radicals.

 

[Liar]

It's been one weird fucking week.

 

[DashDot]

It's been one weird fucking week.

That is putting it mildly.

 

[Sean]

The army has announced that the country is now being run by a "peace council". Oy vey.

 

[Liar]

I must say, if the initial reports hold, that was one flawlessly executed coup.

 

[richard_daily]

Holy fuck...

This is not good news.

 

[Hard_Rom]

I must say, if the initial reports hold, that was one flawlessly executed coup.

Not the first one.

The single-party period ended in 1945. It was followed by a tumultuous transition to multiparty democracy over the next few decades, which was interrupted by military coups d'état in 1960, 1971, and 1980, as well as a military memorandum in 1997

The 1997 military memorandum (Turkish: 28 Şubat, "28 February"; also called Post-modern darbe, "Post-modern coup") in Turkey refers to the decisions issued by the Turkish military leadership on a National Security Council meeting on 28 February 1997. This memorandum initiated the process that precipitated the resignation of Islamist prime minister Necmettin Erbakan of the Welfare Party, and the end of his coalition government.

As the government was forced out without dissolving the parliament or suspending the constitution,[2] the event has been famously labelled a "postmodern coup" by the Turkish admiral Salim Dervişoğlu.

 

[Sean]

The military have declared a curfew and Erdogan has called for people to get out onto the streets. Relatively bloodless so far but those two mutually antagonistic orders could make Istanbul and Ankara go up like a torch.

 

[Liar]

The Turkish military sees themselves as the guardians of the costitution and the Attaturk legacy. To say that Erdogan is a twatwaffle who have treated both as a quaint novelty is an understarement. BUT, a democratically elected twatwaffle. Therein lies the Turkish predicament.

And the lession to the rest of the world: Don't elect twatwaffles.

 

[Liar]

The military have declared a curfew and Erdogan has called for people to get out onto the streets. Relatively bloodless so far but those two mutually antagonistic orders could make Istanbul and Ankara go up like a torch.

Not sure. Erdogan's supporter base is AFAIK mostly rural. There might me some scuffle in the city streets, but will there be pandemonium? We'll see.

 

[xbb]

Erdoğan obviously missed this months payment to the Clinton Global Initiative/Slush Fund.

 

[Hard_Rom]

Social media and YouTube access is being impeded. This could slow down organization of any protests in city squares.

 

[oggbashan]

Erdogan was trying to turn Turkey into a Muslim state ruled by Sharia.

The Turkish military have always stood for a secular state.

 

[xbb]

Ousted by coup, Turkish President Erdogan becomes first Muslim refugee Germany won’t take https://wp.me/p4hgqZ-oUH

 

[Sean]

Looks like tracer from a helicopter in Ankara:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BH5eB5uBaZ9/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BH5dfGIAeiR/

Second link they're saying it was a tank firing at an aircraft.

 

[Noor]

The Turkish military sees themselves as the guardians of the costitution and the Attaturk legacy. To say that Erdogan is a twatwaffle who have treated both as a quaint novelty is an understarement. BUT, a democratically elected twatwaffle. Therein lies the Turkish predicament.

And the lession to the rest of the world: Don't elect twatwaffles.

I like that word! I am afraid the US could very possibly elect a twatwaffle.

Erdogan was trying to turn Turkey into a Muslim state ruled by Sharia.

The Turkish military have always stood for a secular state.

A secular state would be best.

 

[Mike_Yates]

Was it a fascist coup like Augusto Pinochet and his ruthless regime in Chile?

 

[Noor]

I wonder how long that plane has before it runs out of gas.

 

[Noor]

Ousted by coup, Turkish President Erdogan becomes first Muslim refugee Germany won’t take https://wp.me/p4hgqZ-oUH

I meant this plane^

 

[xbb]

I meant this plane^

he is going to LondonStan

 

[Sean]

I meant this plane^

Don't quote it, thx.

 

[Noor]

Your welcome