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[TheSecondSpitter]

holy shit

is it even possible in this day and age for a army to take over a country ?

Yes, it happens every single year.
2015 - Yemen
2014 -Thailand
2013 - Egypt

 

[Scorpion Soldier]

Damn, some people I know are in Istanbul right now. Any idea what this means for tourists?

Currently, I reckon a lot of them will be told to stay put. With airports, roads etc down there aren't many options I think. I remember when it happened in Egypt a lot of tourists were simply stuck there for a period of time.

 

[qazqaNii]

Currently in Turkey didnt even notice it till i saw this thread. No wonder i heard some cop sound..

The situation as i have understood so far is that a small group from the military has done this. This group is some followers of the fethullah group apparently. Whom got caught working with conspiracy stuff or something like tha.

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

Got friends currently holidaying in Turkey, in fact, they're due home tomorrow.

I don't think they'll be coming home tomorrow

 

[LUFTRAUSER]

India and Pakistan, two countries with nukes that can't stand each other.

Yeah, but they have a totally awesome border-closing ceremony.

 

[Syntsui]

You know you are fucked when the idea of a coup is not that bad. Stay safe Turkish GAF.

 

[Electric Eye]

It was just on news radio here as a 10 second blurb between other stories :/

 

[Lilalaunebaer]

Piers Morgan
https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/754050712531767296

That was.... fast?

But i guess, what can you do against your own military force.

 

[NYCmetsfan]

How the fuck is CNN and MSNBC not covering this?

don't know what's going on. No real news except RTing things. Give it 30 minutes or so. Wolf will cover it.

 

[davepoobond]

crazy. this year will not let up.

 

[Oriel]

Sky News reporting that the military has now taken control. Fucking hell!

 

[Tugatrix]

Where's Erdogan?

 

[Jackpot]

Has a military coup ever brought positive change? Erdogan is bad but I imagine this will make everything worse.

Yes, quite a few times and even to Turkey. But still a minority.

 

[MMaRsu]

Woww this is crazy

 

[nynt9]

All, please read updates on OP before posting.

 

[Steel]

Several decades away and drifting further because of Erdogans policies is not on the verge.

Yeah verge is hyperbolic, I'll edit to avoid a chain of quotes.

 

[Joeytj]

What the fuck... Did Erdogan really have this much opposition within the government and the state as a whole? Not even the media is putting up much of a fight, holy shit.

This must've been days or weeks in the making.

 

[def sim]

holy cow

 

[trembli0s]

Has a military coup ever brought positive change? Erdogan is bad but I imagine this will make everything worse.

In Turkey? It's a complicated relationship. Depends on where you lie on the religion vs secular line.

I didn't see any good outcomes with Erdogan accreting power to himself though.

If this quick and relatively bloodless, the world will be better off

 

[MikeHattsu]

Wow. Holy shit.

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

Where's Erdogan?

I think he's on vacation

Could be a coincidence, or could be a "coincidence"

 

[AmaterasuOni]

Reddit live thread: https://www.reddit.com/live/x9gf3donjlkq

 

[| Praxis |]

The news in none stop these past few weeks/months.

 

[Vigilant Walrus]

A coup is dangerous. Countless people can get killed, a country can be ruined. The cost it can have in the long term might not even out the odds of removing one degenerate, even if he is as awful as Ergodan. Stay safe Turkey-GAF. I hope for the least violent outcome

 

[Ovid]

How the fuck is CNN and MSNBC not covering this?

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[Deleted member 231381]

Has a military coup ever brought positive change? Erdogan is bad but I imagine this will make everything worse.

Turkey's coups often ended up being somewhat positive. The military is very strongly Kemalist and tends to have a coup, ban Islamist parties, then hold an election a year or so down the line.

 

[Pastry]

If so, that was really fucking fast.

Guess they waited for E to go on vacation to do this.

 

[LUFTRAUSER]

2016 man. What a year.

 

[Corto]

Has a military coup ever brought positive change? Erdogan is bad but I imagine this will make everything worse.

Portugal, 25th April 1974.

 

[DirtyManos]

Jesus fucking Christ.


Any signals from NATO going on?? About a possible response?


This is fucking nuts, the ramifications....

 

[Jerm411]

Holy shit, what is going on in this world.....

 

[BlackGhost]

How the fuck is CNN and MSNBC not covering this?

I'm sure the world news version are covering. But it is annoying that some of the basic networks aren't covering yet.

 

[Condom]

can't believe the shit we've been seeing in recent years, this is going to be quite some interesting time in the history books

 

[TCRS]

live stream:

https://www.periscope.tv/mckameymanor/1djGXXBvekjGZ

scary sounds of jets flying around

 

[Ihyll]

This might be a good thing...the military is very secular and I think they want less religious influence. However I hope no innocent people are killed.

 

[fierrotlepou]

Couldn't this stir up a civil war?

 

[Oriel]

Where's Erdogan?

Gone into exile if he had any sense.

 

[Nazgul_Hunter]

Has a military coup ever brought positive change?

The Salvadoran military coup of 1979 arguably... although that was a coup of younger military against older, more violent military. Country was headed to civil war, but the coup ultimately allowed for free elections to be held, instead of a defacto military dictatorship.

 

[hEist]

Where's Erdogan?

Asking that myself.

 

[Quirah]

My moms were on the road they still can't get the European side of Istanbul because military took over it. I am living kinda close to Police Department and I heard gun sounds.

Damn I am so scared. Army just announced they took the management of all.

 

[Tugatrix]

Portugal, 25th April 1974.

about to say that

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

Wow. Every day its something new for the history books. Crazy times.

 

[Mr Swine]

So has there been a coup in Turkey or not? Some say the military has succeeded, others said they have failed and others say that the PM won't let this happen

 

[Markoman]

Visa free travel in Europe has been a Turkish goal for decades. Nothing fishy about that. And frankly, if Erdogan needed to escape into exile, he has the resources to go wherever he wants.

You do realize that Erdogan has a lot of supporters he needs to take care of, don't you?
He's one big asshole, but not a James Bond villain who needs to escape in miniature submarine. But then again, we'll probably never know.

 

[Beefy]

Fuck this is crazy. Stay safe TurkeyGaf.

 

[Baron Doggystyle von Woof]

This is so bad for turkey. Economy is going to crash hard.

May take another 20 years to get back.

 

[NyMartin90]

Ah the clash between a secular military and a pro-islamic government in Turkey, just like the 1909 Counterrevolution. Stay safe Turkey-Gaf. I don't think Erdogan will go quietly with his supporters.

 

[Yamauchi]

Jesus fucking Christ.


Any signals from NATO going on?? About a possible response?


This is fucking nuts, the ramifications....

NATO has stayed allied with Turkey through many coups. I'm not sure how many there has been. At least 6?

 

[tbm24]

How the fuck is CNN and MSNBC not covering this?

CNN'S pentagon correspondent was on a few minutes ago about it. I imagine they are holding off reporting more until its 100% known whats going on.

 

[Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!]

Has a military coup ever brought positive change? Erdogan is bad but I imagine this will make everything worse.

The revolutionary war?