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Yeah, whatever this is and turns out to be, it's not small.
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Failed military coup in Turkey; Erdogan promising swift reprisal
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Yeah, whatever this is and turns out to be, it's not small.
TheRealTalker
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Helicopter shooting at civilians with warning shots
https://twitter.com/ShamiRebel/status/754087434485374977
https://twitter.com/ShamiRebel/status/754087434485374977
Imp the Dimp
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Yeah the "small faction" reports seem to be utter rubbish.
maquiladora
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Already Torn
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The army is trying to kill the PM and seize power.
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Because it would be suicide to do so regardless of which direction this goes. It's not surprising at all.
hobblygobbly
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You keep on calling on the doom of the faction yet they have total control over all key strategic points being supported by extensive logistics. The logistics they have alone isn't possible if it was a small faction, it's physically not possible.
cartoon_soldier
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Coup sinking fast
sems4arsenal
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This isn't exactly like Egypt, There were millions of Egyptians already in the street protesting before any army involvement, granted we replaced a turd with a slightly better smelling turd but that's besides the point.
MMaRsu
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Yeah if the coup fails and they say they are pro coup, they are dead.
Because you don't proclaim support for a coup when it has a chance of failing if you want to stay alive.
Shit man, when ISIS was first making headway, there were some pro ISIS guys here.
Sho_Nuff82
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Abinash117
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Not to kill huge numbers of people? If the army really wanted to hundreds would be reported dead already. To me they seem to scaring people and not outright massacring people. Doing that would make the coup instantly fail.
When the military stops listening to the government and actually takes over to form their own. It seems like the Turkish government still has some soldiers on their side though so I don't believe that it is the entire military. I have no source on that though. Just a sense from this thread.
Fine Ham Abounds
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I guess if you operate under the assumption this is a Constitutional coup, the point wouldn't be to kill the citizens you're trying to support.
I'm sure they'll be considering this as the rope snaps their necks next week.
It's not necessarily just Turks. People from Islamic countries (Egypt, Saudi Arabia etc) love Erdogan. Every time I encounter a person from such a country and I mention I'm Turkish, they say "Erdogan is a great, strong leader!"
He is the person who brought the most secular Muslim state to heel after all.
ClosingADoor
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Military taking over government.
Some of the comments here smh
If the coup fails all these people will be locked up or worse. Of course they're going to say they're against the coup! What's with all these people here backing an Islamist trying to drag Turkey down to the level of a Saudi Arabia without oil?
elrechazado
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Military puts literal and figurative gun to head of civilian government to topple that government and take control.
gutter_trash
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Apparently accordong to some here: democracy includes a blank check to circumvent the courts, censor the media, arrest critics and abuse power
metalslimer
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Dear lord I almost forgot about that.
Yes, I've been thinking of that, too.....if you want total power, stage an attack on you.
Jesus christ, they won't be killed.
Most of the foot soldiers are probably also Erdogan supporters and are only following orders they don't agree with. After seeing the whole country unite against the coup they probably were convinced to disobey their orders since they didn't really want to follow them anyway.
Phantast2k
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Didn't the Egypt coup have pretty large scale support?
holy shit will people stop acting like this is news? The opposition party members have been prosecuted and imprisoned for years. They are smart enough to cover their asses for an eventual failed attempt. They know there would be no opposition left if they support the coup and Erdogan remains.
Ragnar Blackmane
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Good luck with that, Erdogan is outside the country right now.
JimmyRustler
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Just imagine what Erdogan will do if this fails. It'll full blown dictatorship.
Doc Holliday
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Comes from The word coup d'é·tat
Meaning a "hit to the state"
Military taking over a government basically.
The Turkish army has for decades been the institution keeping Turkey on the path of secularism, and not turning into whatever it is you call the current Arab states. Egypt was a prime example of what political Islam does to ALL citizens living in a country. Once again, the Turkish military have a constitutional right to insure the country never goes down a path where religion is allowed into politics. Erdogan was doing exactly that.
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It's been accepted and even orchestrated by NATO several times in Turkey before
massivekettle
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Sounds like this coup was doomed from the start...
Not sure why they decided to do that...
Not sure why they decided to do that...
imprisoned for life then
Yeah, let's back this coup while it's still going and we don't have any idea what the results will be. Sounds like a rational idea!
maquiladora
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It seems he flew in his plane right at the start of this storm, so he is not anymore in Turkey but I agree.
Sources have been posted some page back.
When you call the goverment and the army answers
cartoon_soldier
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There is no confirmation on the F-16 thing.
Edit: Just got confirmed on AFP. Nevermind.
TheLostBigBoss
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tell me how you feel about Erdoğan
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