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[orochi91]

They are actualy bombing the parliament?
This is not over yet.

Agreed.

The coup probably still has a shot.

It sort of is. If you control the government, you don't bomb your own parliament.

Fair point.

 

[Deleted member 231381]

They are actualy bombing the parliament?
This is not over yet.

It sort of is. If you control the government, you don't bomb your own parliament.

 

[hesido]

The theatrical play is over. I'm extremely sorry for people who have died for this.

Erdoğan will be the eternal leader of TR after this, I guess. People really do like him here, the most polarizing political figure I've seen in my life. And a wanna-be dictator. This was all he needed.

 

[ArjanN]

That title change. Who got to you modGAF?!?!?!

This seems way premature, especially since the majority of official press coming out about this is some Bagdad Bob level stuff.

 

[MMaRsu]

Sure. That's why people have followed Erdogan's call and gone on the streets to oppose the Army. If Erdogan was so unpopular, he would have been quashed tonight. A few hours in, this coup is nearing its end, it appears.

Who said he isnt popular? People love him!

Except the people in jail for not supporting him

 

[Chaos17]

I am REALLY curious as to exactly which military units were involved in this terribly-planned, horribly-executed attempt at a coup because it seems like NO major military formations were in support of it.

It was well planned, they took rapidly tactics points, locked down the country but not enough quick to get the presidend. Shit got real when president called out his people/fans and they gone down to the street. Majority of the military did not shoot on civils and let themself arrested.

Now military is taking try to shoot a building dunmo why.
There've been conflicting report: pro-Eradangs news vs none Eragadangs news too.

Edit: no I'm not saying the army is a saint, just explaining what happened from all the pages.

 

[Stumpokapow]

Why not just hold off on any determination? It's not a presidential election, you don't have to make a forecast before all the votes are in.

I think that like literally every media or discussion source everywhere in the world, we will adopt the policy of updating titles provisionally to reflect incoming information, rather than pretending nothing has changed since the second the OP posted.

 

[jett]

If the coup fails Erdogan is going to go thermonuclear after this.

 

[Steel]

Shit, it's failed.

FUCK, the AKP people got back national TV.

If it has then Turkey will be far worse off than if there had been no coup at all.

 

[orthodoxy1095]

this is coming from someone that supports a military coup

Go read a history book chump.

Military coups have their uses.

 

[roytheone]

Also tensions at the Turkish consulate in Rotterdam. Lots of Turkish youth have gathered there and are singing religious chants and praise for Erdogan. They attacked a crew of NOS (public broadcasting). Cars are being damaged.

http://nos.nl/artikel/2117897-gespannen-sfeer-bij-turks-consulaat-in-rotterdam.html

This needs a quick response to show that even if your home country has a dictator, that doesn't mean you can fuck around in this country too.

 

[sflufan]

Oh great, Turkey just pulled a Venezuelan military coup.

Oooohhh, that's another great example! Even better than my 1991 Soviet one!

 

[SuperSah]

this is coming from someone that supports a military coup

Honestly, it's not hard to see why it's being supported. The dude is a dictator and his people are severely oppressed. 'Democracy' isn't really a thing in Turkey anymore and it's about time this man and his corrupt government are abolished.

 

[| Praxis |]

The blonde lady on Turkish Fox looks stressed as fuck.

 

[Chmpocalypse]

No he wasn't. The army isn't "forcing its will upon the people", it's trying to remove the parties that AREN'T letting the will of the people be heard without dire consequences if they dare oppose the current government. Once Erdogan would be out, there would be another election where people would have their voices heard. If the elections were less of a clusterfuck than it was last time (which were far from democratic, so stop throwing around that empty claim), then ALL people would actually get their voices heard instead of whatever BS went on the last time.

Uh

Do you really believe this? That a military coup will end with free and fair elections? How often has this been the case historically?

 

[Sax1031]

If the coup fails Erdogan is going to go thermonuclear after this.

who would blame him?

 

[Morat]

It sort of is. If you control the government, you don't bomb your own parliament.

Crab on point,as always.

 

[Tugatrix]

I'm just gonna wait and see

 

[SilentRacoon]

I havent posted updates at all

Im just replying to the updates from other posters

Whats your position on the heli shooting on people?

Those were army officials getting shot according to the reports.

http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/turkish-military-declares-martial-law-and-curfew-10-developments-1432017

 

[mnz]

This needs a quick response to show that even if your home country has a dictator, that doesn't mean you can fuck around in this country too.

What type of response?

 

[Rektash]

who would blame him?

Is this a joke?

 

[TheRealTalker]

Where are those civilian casualties? Post some sources man.
And holy shit how blind can you possibly be? Haven't you looked into the state of things in Turkey and the shit Erdogan has done? He jails and makes dissapear the oposition, he pushes to get more and more control all for himself, he makes sure to control the media. Calling this government democratic is the most goddamn ignorant thing you can say.
And no shit president twitters aren't going to say shit. They're still part of NATO.

The dude is bad but some people voted for him" is not a goddamn excuse holy shit.

a) I am not defending Erdogan's policies and actions the dude is bad and everyone knows that

b) Police killed: https://twitter.com/AP/status/754090220740542464

c) civilians arresting soldiers: https://twitter.com/HassanLLC/status/754091587832012801


d) shooting at parliament: https://twitter.com/business/status/754079067599757312

e) live ammo as warning shots on citizens: https://twitter.com/Ticia_Verveer/status/754092350411005952

f) firing on crowds: https://twitter.com/AFP/status/754099984727932928






this is some pseudo elite stupidity you are spewing

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

Agreed.

The coup probably still has a shot.


Fair point.

If you have to say "it still has a shot", then you're coup has already failed

 

[Kusagari]

Uh

Do you really believe this? That a military coup will end with free and fair elections? How often has this been the case historically?

Every time it's happened in Turkey

 

[Dynamite Shikoku]

Also tensions at the Turkish consulate in Rotterdam. Lots of Turkish youth have gathered there and are singing religious chants and praise for Erdogan. They attacked a crew of NOS (public broadcasting). Cars are being damaged.

http://nos.nl/artikel/2117897-gespannen-sfeer-bij-turks-consulaat-in-rotterdam.html

Why are so many young people becoming islamist thugs

 

[Deleted member 80556]

Uh

Do you really believe this? That a military coup will end with free and fair elections? How often has this been the case historically?

Hasn't that been the case with Turkey? Should I study more Turkish history? Actual questions.

 

[orochi91]

The blonde lady on Turkish Fox looks stressed as fuck.

I can't imagine any other appropriate expression when a coup is taking place in your own country.

 

[Ragnar Blackmane]

Well, whoever tried to orchestrate this coup just handed Erdoğan complete authoritarian power.

congrats shit heads

Well, can understand why they would try anyway. Erdogan was about to purge Colonel and below officers opposed to him and replace them with his muppets (he already did that with high command), they probably saw this as the last opportunity to strike out before getting sacked/arrested. Guess that Erdogan being outside the country was an unfortunate last minute change that they didn't plan for.

Erdogan is literally trying to get rid of the secular democratic state, the army is charged with safeguarding it by the constitution.

 

[Phamit]

Uh

Do you really believe this? That a military coup will end with free and fair elections? How often has this been the case historically?

In Turkey 2 times

 

[Sickboy007]

Good job playing in Erdogan's hands. The nationalists/secularists of Turkey are as bad as the islamists.

 

[MMaRsu]

Also tensions at the Turkish consulate in Rotterdam. Lots of Turkish youth have gathered there and are singing religious chants and praise for Erdogan. They attacked a crew of NOS (public broadcasting). Cars are being damaged.

http://nos.nl/artikel/2117897-gespannen-sfeer-bij-turks-consulaat-in-rotterdam.html

Oh great.. now we got these idiots making problems in our country for no damn reason.

 

[Starfield]

Shame they couldn't make Erdogan dissappear

 

[qazqaNii]

The "General Boss" that commands the naval, air etc general has been rescued. He was in the captivitiy of coup military.

Looks like it has failed.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

It will be terrible for the people and economy of Turkey if this coup fails. The people will continue to have their rights eroded away by Erdogan and secularism will fall in Turkey.

 

[Regginator]

AKP people chanting "Straight your back (Erdogan), the people are behind you"

 

[Steel]

Uh

Do you really believe this? That a military coup will end with free and fair elections? How often has this been the case historically?

This has happened every time Turkey has had a coup.

 

[73V3N]

Go read a history book chump.

Military coups have their uses.

Uuh, I didn't say they didn't have an use.

Did you even understand what I said?

 

[Diancecht]

It's failed.

Erdogan will take heads because of this. I sincerely think this was a play, orchestrated by the government to incite fear and establish Erdogan's dictatorship.

 

[Mr.Sumal]

They are actualy bombing the parliament?
This is not over yet.

its about to be

The council of mayhem's desperation attempt to attack what they supposed to bring

you cant make this shit up

 

[Tiberius]

Turks driving around through Bremen with Turkish flags, honking horns and shouting "Erdogan".

Alright.

So they are groupies of erdogan, he's so fantastic that their mothers and fahers migrate in germany...

 

[DJKhaled]

Uh

Do you really believe this? That a military coup will end with free and fair elections? How often has this been the case historically?

Hasn't it been the case in like every coup in Turkish history?

 

[maquiladora]

Yeah, they really had a democracy before this right?

A veritable shining beacon of democracy for all to admire and aspire to.


Congrats on the brainwashed country.

Democracy in Turkey is relatively new and still deeply flawed. That doesn't make a military coup by some unknown number of generals a better option. Do you want a military coup in other nations with deeply flawed and relatively new democracies such as Russia?

The hypocrisy of slamming Turkey's current flawed civilian system of government while also cheering on a takeover by an unknown number of unidentified and unelected military officers is hilarious.

 

[SilentRacoon]

who would blame him?

I can't believe the heights people will go to show his support for this shithead.

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

Well, can understand why they would try anyway. Erdogan was about to purge Colonel and below officers opposed to him and replace them with his muppets (he already did that with high command), they probably saw this as the last opportunity to strike out before getting sacked/arrested. Guess that Erdogan being outside the country was an unfortunate last minute change that they didn't plan for.

Erdogan is literally trying to get rid of the secular democratic state, the army is charged with safeguarding it by the constitution.

I understand that, I simply wish they would have attempted to gain more internal support than pull the trigger when they didn't have a remote chance of taking the head of state.

If you do a coup, you need to either kill the head of state or take him prisoner.

 

[MUnited83]

this is coming from someone that supports a military coup

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnation_Revolution

 

[Effect]

The blonde lady on Turkish Fox looks stressed as fuck.

Without a doubt. With good reason. She's so done with today.

 

[Mr.Sumal]

The "General Boss" that commands the naval, air etc general has been rescued. He was in the captivitiy of coup military.

Looks like it has failed.

source?

I hope this makes the council of mayhem to stop

 

[orochi91]

Shame they couldn't kill Erdogan

This was being discussed with friends a few moments ago, and the consensus was that an assassination will probably be the only possible way to remove him in the foreseeable future, but I can't imagine any scenario where that doesn't tear the country apart; dude is extremely well liked among the populace.

 

[Lucumo]

Erdogan fanatics have attacked an office of Gulen sympathisants in the Belgian town of Beringen.

http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/binnenland/1.2715322

Also tensions at the Turkish consulate in Rotterdam. Lots of Turkish youth have gathered there and are singing religious chants and praise for Erdogan. They attacked a crew of NOS (public broadcasting). Cars are being damaged.

http://nos.nl/artikel/2117897-gespannen-sfeer-bij-turks-consulaat-in-rotterdam.html

Wow, fuck these people. If they want to be violent, they can be so in Turkey, the country of their beloved leader.

 

[73V3N]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnation_Revolution

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Chilean_coup_d'état