TheLostBigBoss
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Failed military coup in Turkey; Erdogan promising swift reprisal
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Like two years ago?
Spiritwalker
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He has the support of his people now, but I wonder how they'll feel in a couple of years? This guy is on the path of dictatorship and awfulness in general.
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That's a quote from Hitler, not Erdogan.
Theonik
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It's also relatively unlikely they get extradited since Greek law and human right conventions favour their request for asylum.
LeadenStride
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Can't blame them for confusing those two.
At some point Erdogan will start a diplomatic fight with Greece, paving the way for the EU as a whole to get behind Greece. I think that's where he possibly could be isolated by the EU and US.
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Maybe if Merkel/Germany were not helping Erdogan to avoid a flood of refugees. Right now there are clear attempts by governments and media in Europe to downplay Turkey's threat because it would otherwise play in the far right's hand.
No one will do anything except hope Erdogan consolidates his power before the situation becomes unstable. Then they'll just cry crocodile tears when some crime catches social media's attention. See how it is with SA.
MMaRsu
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Please Belgium, send their asses to turkey. They obviously love their leader and are willing to commit crimes in other countries for him.
MMaRsu
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Seriously if this is not a bannable offense what is? Asking for soldiers to be beheaded? Even if they did shoot at unarmed civilians ( who were told by Erdogan to go out and fight the military )
Sorry but this post boils my blood.
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Turned on CNN, sounds like they are talking about the purging
MMaRsu
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They'll feel great I bet. Most of his backers are Islamic and I bet they dont mind at all seeing Turkey transform into an islamic state run by a dictator. So far they dont seem to mind one bit.
Lets hope for the sane people in Turkey.
Not going to happen, something something human rights and they are citizens of Belgium is what people will cry about. They will also use the the standard template, the crime was committed on Belgian soil and has nothing to do with Turkey.
I was just wondering all those who took to the streets in Holland actually love this country or not and if something is going down whether they would even bother to defend this country. It's something that worries me.
I agree with you that post is disgusting, wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy to die like that.
This sounds hyperbolic, but it is actually true. When the embezzling scandal regarding him and his family came out, the prevailing rhetoric was that "he's stealing from the seculars, so it's ok". Both Erdogan's control over the media and in general other channels of discourse have been proliferated with propaganda about how the Ottoman Empire was great and how Ataturk took that away ruined the great Islamic caliphate, and people think that going back to the caliphate and ottoman empire will be a legitimate improvement over their lives compared to the heretical, debaucherous Western style of living.
Never mind that the Ottoman Empire failed as a state and imploded, that's just irrelevant details.
Add to that the fact that debauchery and corruption at a level that even Western liberals would find offensive was prevalent within the Ottoman Empire itself.
Indeed. I've been banned for making jokes about people who get "offended" at the most insignificant shit, yet calling for someone to be beheaded is a-okay on here now?
SMFH. :-/
Sadly our system is fucked up beyond repair it seems, so nothing will happen.
Perhaps they get detained, but a day or two later they will be walking the streets free as always.
Just look at how they handled an actual attack over here. Shit just doen't work.
DiipuSurotu
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Guys I'm sure it's only "okay" because mods haven't seen the post. They're not omniscient.
"Erdogan's civil coup d'etat nearing its completion" - http://m.heute.de/ZDF/zdfportal/xml/object/44433642
Nah. They got PMs about that last night.
Purging started hours after the "coup".
Dynamite Shikoku
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It's only been quoted about 100 times
DiipuSurotu
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Oh :/
Royal_Phalanx
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Based on how many Islamist dumbasses live in Turkey it's no wonder the constitution has a clause for a coup to take the government out if it gets too Islamic. When that many people support Islamism no wonder secularism has to be preserved by force. No doubt Erdogan will remove that from the constitution along with secularism in due time. Turkey to become full on Islamic.
Not unlike my country, the majority wants an Islamist dictatorship.
Even our corrupt prime minister is supporting Erdogan.
Good. The last thing this situation needs is further trouble here. Yeah moving those nukes out would be a good idea at this moment. There has to be another country in the area they can be stored that is far more stable.
There won't probably be anymore coupes. Erdogan has sent all the judges on his list to jail, all the army generals he hated are also in jail, exiled or being intimidated. With all his enemies out of the way. He can sit back and relax. He's a smart man. Regardless of how you look at things.
Royal_Phalanx
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Europe should encourage liberal Turks to emigrate over and have a future. We should also encourage the crazies to go back to Turkey if they love Erdogan so much. Erdogan supporters in America, etc. should go back if they love him so much.
Erdogan probably pissed off some people in Washington by being friendly with Russia. I think the CIA will remove him eventually. I'd probably begin the paperwork for asylum in Qatar or Germany before it's too late
has there ever been an example where a head of state, who was supported as much as Erdogan is, was removed successfully?
I've got a weird feeling about this. He has to cool down at some point.
No reason to stop the purification crusade now. He got a open book to do everything he wants, and everyone supports him.
NyMartin90
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He's sparing no one
Okay that sounds less like a staged coup and more full on paranoia.
Dynamite Shikoku
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everyone must go
Not happy until he gets the Stalin comparisons as well!
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Theyvwere talking about possible consequences in depth
Dubbedinenglish
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Obviously another Gulen supporter!
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Why not both gif
MisterFalcon
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The more loyal they seem the greater the chance they're actually Gulenists.
I give it 5 years before Turkey, now run by Erdogan cronies top to bottom is undergoing a Venezuela style collapse. It's got a popular but deluded autocrat, now a failed coup to feed his paranoia, messing with the judicial system and mobs of regime supporters going wild in the streets.
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michaelius
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Yep Turkey is way too important for EU and US to make any moves against them.
Pushing them into alliance with Russians would be complete disaster for Nato
DXB-KNIGHT
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Whatever happened made the Turkish army look very weak,
If the coup was real then something is wrong with one of the strongest armies in the region,
If the coup was staged then how can they agree to play such a demeaning role.
If the coup was real then something is wrong with one of the strongest armies in the region,
If the coup was staged then how can they agree to play such a demeaning role.
Never underestimate paranoia.
Madness! Hopefully this will be his own downfall. Surely some of his closest allies must be thinking " Am I next? "
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And thus it all points to erdogan being the master mind.
Stage coup + paranoia =madness = erdogan
Can't fight math
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