Coup Attempt? in Turkey

[archibaldcrane]

This scraps an EU entry for Turkey for a decade at least right?

[Cail]

So in just a few days he's had about 15000 people rounded up. Does anyone seriously believe some portion of this wasn't preplanned?

Either arrested or fired (or both), yes

[Cail]

Turkey coup attempt: Confusion over general's 'confession'

There are conflicting reports about whether a former Turkish air force commander has confessed to planning Friday's attempted military coup.

At least 232 people died and 1,400 were wounded in the ensuing violence, and there have been mass arrests.

The state-run Anadolu news agency quoted Gen Akin Ozturk as telling interrogators he had "acted with intention to stage a coup".

But two private broadcasters said the general had denied playing a role.

NTV quoted him as saying: "I am not someone who has planned or directed the coup attempt... I don't know who did."

Anadolu said he was one of 112 generals and admirals who had been detained. Fifty had been remanded in custody pending trial, it added.

The interior ministry also reportedly dismissed almost 9,000 police officers on Monday, as part of a purge of officials suspected of involvement.

That followed the arrest of 6,000 military personnel and suspension of almost 3,000 judges over the weekend.

Turkey's Western allies have expressed concern at the crackdown and urged President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to respond in a measured way.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Mr Erdogan on Monday that Turkey's ambitions to join the European Union would be over if he carried through on a threat to reinstate the death penalty.

Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg praised the great courage of the Turkish people, but added that a valued ally had to ensure full respect for democracy.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu meanwhile dismissed as "unacceptable" a claim by the EU enlargement commissioner, Johannes Hahn, that the government in Ankara had drawn up arrest lists before the coup attempt.

The government has blamed the coup attempt on supporters of a US-based Muslim cleric, Fethullah Gulen.

Mr Gulen has denied any involvement and suggested the coup may have been staged itself.

[Cail]

Turkey's President Erdogan refuses to rule out death penalty

[Cail]

Reuters World ‏@ReutersWorld
BREAKING: Turkish foreign minister says criticism of legal steps against coup instigators 'unacceptable,' amounts to backing coup attempt

[Meph]

This scraps an EU entry for Turkey for a decade at least right?

https://twitter.com/FedericaMog/stat...91437616472065

[Meph]

but then again, hitler can just pull the "I'll release all the refugees into EU"-card and they'll let him in without any fuss

[Cail]

CNN

A formal written request for the extradition of Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen, who is in self-imposed exile in the United States, will be submitted within days, Erdogan told Anderson.

When asked what he would do if the U.S. refused to extradite Gulen, he said "we have a mutual agreement of extradition of criminals."

"So now you ask someone to be extradited, you're my strategic partner I do obey, I do abide by that, but you don't do the same thing -- well, of course, there should be reciprocity in the types of things," the president continued.

[Byrthnoth]

A few years ago Turkey looked like it might join the big-kids nations.

Alas, how things change!

[Quicklet]

This Gulen thing is so bizarre (and disturbing). I know there will be a lot of ramifications from Turkey no longer being a close strategic ally (even though you could argue Erdogan has already been lackluster on fighting ISIS), but I hope the US shuts that shit down hard if Erdogan tries to implicate the US in taking part in this farce. Nothing would be more shameful than Obama or the next president allowing Erdogan to use this as a pretext to turn Turkey into the next Iran / Saudi Arabia.

[Cail]

Conflict News ‏@Conflicts
TURKEY: Top counter-terrorism official responsible for campaign vs #ISIS found with hands tied behind his back, shot in neck. - @WilliamsJon

[Cail]

Jon Williams ‏@WilliamsJon
Report @HurriyetDaily says general in charge of security along #Turkey's #Syria & #Iraq borders among 6,000 detained after #TurkeyCoup!

Many loyal police & military moved from rest of #Turkey Istanbul & Ankara, leaving places like Gaziantep & Urfa "open door" for #ISIS

[Salodin]

So this is how radical Islam gets its hand on nukes.

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[myreality]

Salodin best me to it, anyone know what would happen if Erdrogan allies with a terrorist organization and starts moving their nukes around? I mean this is a crazy zealot who is not North Korean.......or is he

[BerenTebogo]

Salodin best me to it, anyone know what would happen if Erdrogan allies with a terrorist organization and starts moving their nukes around? I mean this is a crazy zealot who is not North Korean.......or is he ������

Yeah, they get glassed by the rest of the world, that's what.

[Fondue]

A stern condemnation, like the Muslims do for islamic terrorism :^) maybe some sanctions

Putin is our only hope for a show of force

[Cail]

Turkey doesnt have nukes. We have nukes stationed in Turkey.

[Gokku]

Turkey doesnt have nukes. We have nukes stationed in Turkey.

NATO has nukes in turkey (about 40% of nato's stockpile) but the base its stored on has had power cut to it.

[archibaldcrane]

And I guarantee they're better defended than Benghazi was.

[myreality]

Still, if anything the nukes are in their territory. It's not unreasonable they could be able to put the storage areas on lock down for any future plans.