Coup in Turkey?

[RblDiver]

http://hotair.com/archives/2016/07/1...ess-in-turkey/

Supposedly two big bridges have been sealed, military disarming police, video of a jet flying VERY low (like, maybe 100ft) over the city...

Edit: Claims are that social media is down.

Edit 2: Military claims to have taken control from Erdogan. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...rd-in-ankara1/ Link shows multiple vids, including tanks on the streets of Istanbul.

[Gman]

Lovely.

That foreign policy chickens for HRC/Obama are coming home to roost.

[RblDiver]

Now reports police are fighting the army in spots.

[RblDiver]

Statement from the military: "Turkish Armed Forces have completely taken over the administration of the country to reinstate constitutional order, human rights and freedoms, the rule of law and the general security that was damaged. All international agreements are still valid. We hope that all of our good relationships with all countries will continue."

Rule of law, what a concept!

[Zundfolge]

So this could either be really bad or really good.

[Robb]

"Rule of law, what a concept!"
Sounds good on the surface. For the unwashed among us (me) is this coup a good thing, or not?

[Gman]

So this could either be really bad or really good.

I fail to see how this could be really good. The military buzzing Istanbul with F-16s...

This does not demonstrate stability in any way.

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Statement from the military: "Turkish Armed Forces have completely taken over the administration of the country to reinstate constitutional order, human rights and freedoms, the rule of law and the general security that was damaged. All international agreements are still valid. We hope that all of our good relationships with all countries will continue."

Rule of law, what a concept!

The military is pro-Russian/pro-Putin.

The political leadership (Erdogen) are Obama puppets. The people are pissed about the Syrian crisis and pissed that Turkey has been used by the US to arm anti-Assad "militants" who, surprise surprise, are radical jihadists. Some speculate this is how ISIS/ISIL was created.

What Obama does now is critical. Every time Putin steps up Obama backs down. Turkey is a NATO member so he can't just give it up like he did Ukraine.

[fitz19d]

Voting good. Likely secular military. Crazy erdogan i guess was replacing a lot of mil leaders for better followers of crazy.

[fitz19d]

Between blackmailing eu or else releasing more rapefugees on them as well as meddling in the conflicts attacking kurds claiming he's fighting terrorists.