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    Coup Attempt? in Turkey

    Reuters World ‏@ReutersWorld
    BREAKING: Turkish prime minister says military action being taken without chain of command

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    Binali Yildirim, the prime minister, confirms a coup is in motion by elements within the army, refers to it as a mutiny, promises the Erdogan regime will resist and punish the perpetrators.

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    Turkish prime minister says military coup underway; vows those responsible will pay highest price.

    Apparently tanks outside the airport in Istanbul

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cail View Post
    Apparently tanks outside the airport in Istanbul

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    BRUH WHO COMING FOR THE CROWN? IS IT THE MUSLIES?

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    Official statement from the Turkish Armed Forces says it has taken over the government.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tyven View Post
    BRUH WHO COMING FOR THE CROWN? IS IT THE MUSLIES?
    Isn't Edrogen muslim? who knows might even be a secular coup!!!

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    secular coup would be so 2016

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    the coup is almost assuredly secular given Erdogan's diet-Islamism and the military's fiercely secular tradition. that said the military is likely more motivated by Erdogan's authoritarian leanings + his reduction of the military's political influence, as well as his tepid responses to both ISIS terrorism and increasing Kurdish autonomy, than they are by any ideological religious schism.

    but at this point there isn't enough information to make many definitive statements, Turkish armed forces claim they control the government while Yildirim claims Erdogan remains in control. we don't even know what elements within the military initiated this whether it be the leaders of the General Staff or an aggrieved division commander in the gendarmerie.

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    lol, I thought I was gonna be done with this deployment, too. fuck you, turkey

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    All flights from Istanbul's airport cancelled (not surprisingly)

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    I heard it was Gulen loyalists

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    WELL THAT'S NOT SECULAR DANGIT

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    Reuters World ‏@ReutersWorld
    MORE: Some hostages taken at Turkish military headquarters in Ankara; President Erdogan safe - CNN Turk reporter

    UPDATE: Turkey's top general 'held hostage' at military HQ: state agency - @AFP

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    Quote Originally Posted by thetruepandagod View Post
    the Turkish military is the second largest in NATO and they are outfitted with American and German war machines. more F-16s and Leopards than big wheels.

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    Yo I'm pretty sure this is how the beginning of that movie with Tom Hanks and Catherine Zeta Jones started.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cail View Post
    Official statement from the Turkish Armed Forces says it has taken over the government.
    The Associated Press ‏@AP
    Report: Turkish military releases statement, saying armed forces have 'fully seized control' of the country.

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    oh fuck my boss was supposed to fly out of Istanbul, he could be there right now for all I know.

    he tried to change his flights after the terror attack a couple weeks ago, dunno if he succeeded or just went ahead when they reopened the airport

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