Baron Doggystyle von Woof
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Failed military coup in Turkey; Erdogan promising swift reprisal
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Stay safe bro. Don't even think of going outside.
TheLostBigBoss
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I'm going to take a wild guess, coup military has been ordered to basically do what they need to do in order to clear the streets and force dispersion.
Don't see any other reason why they would have jets shoot at the government loyal police force and protestors
I'm going to take a wild guess, coup military has been ordered to basically do what they need to do in order to clear the streets and force dispersion.
Don't see any other reason why they would have jets shoot at the government loyal police force and protestors
Horrifying. Those people were hit with some serious weaponry it looks like.
This needs to end ASAP regardless of victor, prolonged conflict is only going to lead to more loss of life and devastation.
Frustrated_me
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mercenar1e
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Diprosalic
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do you think those people removing Erdogan with force will lead to a better Turkey? honest question.
i truly hate Erdogan btw.
Sometimes seeing the real world is just something that needs to happen
Some of them are to blame. They should know better than to walk outside a blatant and obvious dangerous zone.
They're up against armed military, it's kind of their fault some got injured. It's disgusting that anyone HAS been injured but let's not act like the civilians don't have some level of responsibility for their own injuries here.
TheLostBigBoss
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The coup is saying that the military controls the majority of the country at this point.
There is a lot of mis-information and certainly dis-information going on.
Frustrated_me
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CNN TURK TV forced to go offline by FORCES.
Right. How do they still have jets in the air... if there's no support for the coup. Uhm... nato? This needs your help.
His Majesty
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right up there with Canberra and Ottawa for me in confusing capitals
victreeb3l
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Holy shit why are they shooting civilians with a fucking jet. What the fuuicckk
DXB-KNIGHT
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Isn't Erdogan plane supposed to have landed there?
And people here supporting this coup think they're on the right side smh. You don't have to like Ardagon to understand how fucked this coup is.
Really incredibly cynic and disgusting to call for civilians to go on the streets against rebelling army (who has all to lose at this point). It would be a miracle if there won't be more casualties.
hydragonwarrior
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Yeah that kind of goes counter to their message (thanks again for the response btw nynt9 - just realized it was on the front page too although I'm hoping they provide more info than just that).
Royal_Phalanx
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Could parts of the military be just observing the situation right now deciding on who to support? No attempts have been made by loyal troops to stop this.
eyeball_kid
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It sounds like a good name for a group of supervillains battling the Justice League. "Meanwhile, at the Council of Mayhem's secret lair..."
Yes? Unless they are a theocratic branch of the Military.
Chezzymann
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The conspiracy theoriest in me thinks that this was set up by Erdoğan so he could go full dictator
Kralamoonard
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Man this really reads like victim blaming (not sure if it is). It's disgusting all around. Militaries are meant to protect their people not tear them apart in half.
there doesn't seem to be much support for the coup. The opposition was against it and half of Turkey voted for Erdogan half a year ago. Now he'll only come out stronger out of this situation and perhaps gain enough political momentum to dismantle their democracy entirely. The way I see it, Turkey is going to pay for this folly for years to come
DirtyManos
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No doubt, especially if they're just basic foot soldiers who weren't privy to the planning or anything.
Guess they're just taking their chances they won't be executed afterwards.
Seems like there's some real escalation going on now, hoping civilians stay safe.
Which One?
Frustrated_me
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Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri; anayasal düzeninin, demokrasinin, insan hak ve özgürlüklerinin tekrar temin ve tesisi; ülkede hukukun üstünlüğünün yeniden hakim kılınması; bozulan asayiş düzeninin tekrar sağlanması; maksadıyla ülke yönetimine bütünüyle el koymuştur.
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Genelkurmay Başkanlığı
Translation:
Turkish Armed Forces; The constitutional order, democracy, human rights and freedoms and plant supplied again; The judge again made the rule of law in the country; the re-establishment of the deteriorating public security order; purpose of the administration of the country was completely confiscated.
All international agreements and our commitment remains valid. with all countries of the world, we hope to continue our good relations.
Ziltoidia 9
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The one the president was landing at?
Come on man, I'm sure some of them really feel like they are defending their country, some are just blinded my patriotism. But nobody deserves this. Those poor people.
TheLostBigBoss
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Certainly possible, but neutral forces not doing anything is the same as supporting the coup if the coup fails.
I don't see how can anyone support a coup that kills civilians like this, and on top of that they are bombing state buildings, truly a coup for peace
Kibbles
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I. can't believe people are supporting this
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Not when you consider that the Ankara parliament is repeatedly being bombed, and Istanbul might be as well.
The Coup is probably a lot larger than the Turkish media is letting on. Its easy to bring out High Ranking Officers who Erdogan put in place himself and have them claim all is normal.
This is a coup by the military that has not been forcibly replaced yet. I mean we have still seen nothing to support the supposed shoot downs of helicopters etc. that Erdogan forces have claimed.
I can attest to that at least in Ankara. Explosions seemed to have stopped now, jets still passing by.
Ragnar Blackmane
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Good way of forcing them to shoot back and civilians then getting hit in the crossfire. Idiots.
If Police forces start firing at the military (despite that being utterly pointless) amidst civilians like what happened on the Taksim Plaza, the Military will be forced to react and shoot back in self defense. This will result in civilian casualties.
NyMartin90
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If Erdogan is still at the airport it could be bad news
Not victim blaming at all. It's just some people knew walking into this wouldn't mean walking out unscathed.
It's really, really sad and it's making me sick to think of the casualties, but many could have been prevented by staying at home and putting safety ahead of politics.
Maybe, as ever with these sorts of things its a difficult question.
That would be a nice thing for militariesto be, but historically that isn't really true.
Electric Eye
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CnN turk is still live lots of screaming wtf is going on in there
Phoenix
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Sadly yes.
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