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[victreeb3l]

This is how I feel about this.

I do think he needs to be stopped but once civilians are being killed the army has lost the high ground and it's just awful for everyone as it'll just give Erdogan an excuse to crack down on the "problem" elements.

Basically. The coup will lose even more support and a secular Turkey will be even further out of reach.

Because their leaders told the protestors to attack the military.

Which is really fucked up and I would be a little more sympathetic if the casualties were the result of self defense. But whats the justification of jets shooting civilians?

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

Gift from god

New Turkey

Good luck Turkey, you're about to enjoy years and years of Erdogan

 

[maniac-kun]

Dictatorship starts now for him?

 

[bidguy]

hes talking about "the new turkey"

 

[Lucumo]

And goodbye Turkey. Please stop exporting your fanatics please.

 

[Cromwell]

If there was any doubt Erdogan plotted all this, we now have some pretty clear verification.

 

[Crosseyes]

So... an Islamic dictatorship in NATO huh... I don't know if I'm happy with the rest of the west allowing that to happen.

 

[Frustrated_me]

This is an unfortunately common dilemma now: support the military or support a democracy that has turned authoritarian?

Get FUCKED Erdogan. You did this, nobody but you are to blame for this shitfest.

 

[wamberz1]

Erdogan channeling darkseid right now

 

[Heshinsi]

This was done by a very small fraction of the Military. If it was done by the whole army you wouldnt be able to watch these livestreams right now.

So this "small" fraction of the army was allowed to fly jets all over the place, while the rest of the army just sat back and did nothing? You buy that? It seems like someone (Erdogan) is already happy that the Almighty has given him this gift of an uprising.

 

[hemo memo]

So what are the countries that supported this small military faction and what to benefit from taking out Erdogan?

 

[metalslimer]

Well now he will become a semi dictator with popular support and crush any sign of opposition.

 

[Royal_Phalanx]

The coup should have happened years ago before the great Erdogan purge. This is too little, too late now that he appointed his cronies to be heads of the military.

 

[The Nexus of G]

Wow that's some news to wake up to.

 

[Ahasverus]

I know this will sound dorky but this looks awfully close to that Star Wars shit

 

[eyeball_kid]

Time to kick Turkey out of NATO and get our nukes the hell out of there.

 

[Philippo]

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

I'm not buying that this is a "small" group of the military.

 

[adj_noun]

Congrats, Lucas, your Palpatine arc was pretty spot on.

 

[Lord Virgin]

hes talking about "the new turkey"

V 3.0

Out now, fixed some bugs.

 

[Blablurn]

The Int'l Spectator @intlspectator

BREAKING: Erdogan says traitors in military are taking orders from Pennsylvania, where opposition leader Gulen is based

 

[Frozenprince]

He literally called it a "New Turkey"

Could you be any more evil villain like?

 

[DarkestHour]

So this "small" fraction of the army was allowed to fly jets all over the place, while the rest of the army just sat back and did nothing? You buy that? It seems like someone (Erdogan) is already happy that the Almighty has given him this gift of an uprising.

I agree. It is very fishy. The whole thing.

 

[espher]

But whats the justification of jets shooting civilians?

I keep seeing this and I don't doubt it happened at this point (esp. as things went on) but I kind of wish there was more than reasoned speculation about this. Like, I'm surprised jets are apparently taking shots but there's been minimal fight from infantry on the ground?

 

[Link]

What Erdogan is saying now is suspicious as fuck. Called the coup a "gift from god" that will let him clean up the military.

Yep.

He's going to remove everybody and everything that dissents against him, dissolve parliament, and assume more and more powers.

He's won. He's destroyed the Turkish republic.

Pretty much. Turkey is now fucked.

 

[SuperSah]

Drop a fucking bomb on the bastard.

 

[everyday math]

The Int'l Spectator @intlspectator

BREAKING: Erdogan says traitors in military are taking orders from Pennsylvania, where opposition leader Gulen is based

Yeah ok

Either way turkey now lies in the bed it made.

 

[metalslimer]

And if he actually called this a gift from god no way this wasn't staged. This man is awful

 

[dakun]

wtf. Kurdish person swearing his allegiance to him saying he'll die for him and this country.

 

[Royal_Phalanx]

Crazy theory: Erdogan calls up the 'coup' plotters and tells them 'thanks bros, you've given me the power to destroy the Republic, high five'. Seems to have wanted this from the start.

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

He literally called it a "New Turkey"

Could you be any more evil villain like?

Would this face lie to you?

 

[DXB-KNIGHT]

Everything about this Coup sounds strange,
If it was staged then Erdogan is about to do something that he couldn't without his own version of 9/11

 

[Pryce]

Hope you enjoy your new dictator, pro Erdogan people.

 

[Chinese Cartoons]

They are whispering to him and yet the mic is picking it up, lol.

 

[victreeb3l]

Some stuff from Erdogan, per translator being shown on MSNBC

These people will punished in the harshest way.
Uprising is a gift from god to help us clean out the military of this gang.
Something about meetings concerning the army coming up, these people were afraid of what decisions would be made in those meetings.



Per the person translating, yes.

Wow this is suspicious as hell. Seems like he got exactly what he wanted.

Fuck.

 

[Klyka]

How are the coup soldiers using tanks and jets and helicopters without anything opposing them except civilians with flags and police officers with handcuffs?

How does that make sense?

 

[Frozenprince]

The Int'l Spectator @intlspectator

BREAKING: Erdogan says traitors in military are taking orders from Pennsylvania, where opposition leader Gulen is based

Of course he is. He has to destroy any chance of Gulen disrupting his power.

I highly doubt a 75 year old man in fucking Pennsylvania managed to orchestrate a large scale military coup.

 

[Diancecht]

The Int'l Spectator @intlspectator

BREAKING: Erdogan says traitors in military are taking orders from Pennsylvania, where opposition leader Gulen is based

Oh btw for the people that doesn't know, Gulen was Erdogan's best buddy couple of years ago.

 

[harSon]

The Int'l Spectator @intlspectator

BREAKING: Erdogan says traitors in military are taking orders from Pennsylvania, where opposition leader Gulen is based

Dude's laying out all of the pieces...

 

[jabuseika]

Time to kick Turkey out of NATO and get our nukes the hell out of there.

Pretty sure those Nukes are on their way out.

No way the US would risk losing them in a domestic struggle.

 

[Catatafish]

that you need to educate yourself on turkish elections before saying Erdogan was democratically elected

I think the people of Turkey right now are educating the world with millions in the ground fighting the coup unarmed. Just sit back, relax and enjoy their bravery.

 

[Oriel]

2016: Establishment of the Islamic Republic of Turkey, new Iran style Islamic Guards Corps on the way to replace the army.

If they aren't already EU officials in Brussels should be shredding all documents relating to Turkey's accession to the EU right about now.

 

[kirblar]

The Parliament rocket attack is the thing that really sticks out - it's such a blatantly dumb and self-destructive thing to do if you're actually trying to do a coup. :-/

 

[lazygecko]

They are whispering to him and yet the mic is picking it up, lol.

What did he say?

 

[TheChocoboCadet]

The Int'l Spectator @intlspectator

BREAKING: Erdogan says traitors in military are taking orders from Pennsylvania, where opposition leader Gulen is based

Hey that's my state!

...uh oh

 

[Royal_Phalanx]

How are the coup soldiers using tanks and jets and helicopters without anything opposing them except civilians with flags and police officers with handcuffs?

How does that make sense?

Conspiracy theories are starting to make more sense now. Erdogan sounds like he planned this from the start.

 

[Pancake Mix]

If this fails, we are watching the death throes of secular Turkey tonight

 

[GameAddict411]

Erdogan will announce that he is the Khalifa of turkey. "Gift from God" sounds suspicious to me.

 

[Randomizer123454444]

The Int'l Spectator @intlspectator

BREAKING: Erdogan says traitors in military are taking orders from Pennsylvania, where opposition leader Gulen is based

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

If that is true, then it sounds to me that this coup was not initiated by the secular part of military.

But who knows what is true at this point.

 

[mo60]

Erodogan says the traitors in the miltary are taking orders from Pennsylvania where the opposition leader Gulen is located.
https://twitter.com/intlspectator/status/754124534488244226?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

Edit: Someone posted this before me.