Attempted military coup in Turkey

• FatHobbit

  

  http://nbc4i.com/2016/07/15/turkish-military-in-attempted-coup-prime-minister-says/
• Dr Winston O'Boogie

  

  I am rooting for the army. They are fighting against the incumbent party which is a Religion of Peace party. Knocking the Religion of Peacers out of power anywhere is a good thing. They can go practice their sick religion somewhere else.
• FatHobbit

  

  Dr Winston O'Boogie;1803357 wrote:I am rooting for the army. They are fighting against the incumbent party which is a Religion of Peace party. Knocking the Religion of Peacers out of power anywhere is a good thing. They can go practice their sick religion somewhere else.

  What religion do you suppose the majority of the army practices?
• sleeper

  

  Turkey is an irrelevant country. I don't care what happens to it.
• iclfan2

  

  sleeper;1803359 wrote:Turkey is an irrelevant country. I don't care what happens to it.

  Pretty much this, but supposedly their leader is a complete schmuck jailing people for disagreeing with him so I guess I'll "root" for the military.
  
  
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• like_that

  

  FatHobbit;1803358 wrote:What religion do you suppose the majority of the army practices?

  Turkey is a secular country, so if they are trying to take down the current regime I assume they are at least trying to take down the theocratic policies. I talked to my mom (Turkish), and she seems pretty happy about this. Hopefully my family members in Turkey are safe though.
• FatHobbit

  

  like_that;1803361 wrote:Turkey is a secular country, so if they are trying to take down the current regime I assume they are at least trying to take down the theocratic policies. I talked to my mom (Turkish), and she seems pretty happy about this. Hopefully my family members in Turkey are safe though.

  That's interesting. When I hear military coup, I don't usually think it's a good thing for the people. I know Turkey has supported us in our conflicts in that region, but that's about it.
  
  I hope your family is safe too.
• like_that

  

  FatHobbit;1803362 wrote:That's interesting. When I hear military coup, I don't usually think it's a good thing for the people. I know Turkey has supported us in our conflicts in that region, but that's about it.
  
  I hope your family is safe too.

  Thanks. They seem fine with the coup as well (so far). This isn't the first one they have lived thru. My mom went through 2 when she lived there and apparently my grandfather was arrested.
  
  
  I am watching some live video and it seems the masses are pleased by this. At least in the more progressive turkish cities (istanbul, izmir, most western cities).
• majorspark

  

  FatHobbit;1803362 wrote:That's interesting. When I hear military coup, I don't usually think it's a good thing for the people. I know Turkey has supported us in our conflicts in that region, but that's about it.

  It was done in Egypt to remove a democratically elected Islamist government.
• FatHobbit

  

  My wife has a Turkish friend and she is telling us that the president was supporting isis and the military is trying to stop him.
• iclfan2

  

  Of course the POTUS is siding with the anti-American Islamist.
  
  
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• majorspark

  

  If the coup fails President Erdogan is going to be able to grasp more power than he ever dreamed of.
• iclfan2

  

  majorspark;1803369 wrote:If the coup fails President Erdogan is going to be able to grasp more power than he ever dreamed of.

  Yep. A failed coup is worse than no coup.
  
  
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• friendfromlowry

  Some military figures spoke out against a coup, including the commander of the First Army, Gen. Umit Guler, who issued a statement, carried by a pro-government news channel, saying, “The armed forces do not support this movement comprised of a small group within our ranks.”

  So it's small groups within the military doing all of this? Technically, the Turkish military doesn't support the coup?
• fish82

  

  sleeper;1803359 wrote:Turkey is an irrelevant country. I don't care what happens to it.

  Dont they have like 60 or so nukes?
• HitsRus

  

  sleeper;1803359 wrote:Turkey is an irrelevant country. I don't care what happens to it.

  SMH. That's just ignorance.
  Turkey, a staunch member of NATO, has one of the largest armies in Europe. It is one of the most dependable forward bases we have in the fight against ISIS.
• Gardens35

  Brian Williams at MSN BC is reporting that he has crushed the coup.
• fish82

  

  Reading that the administration was taken completely by surprise on this.
• HitsRus

  

  You're surprised?
• Dr Winston O'Boogie

  

  FatHobbit;1803358 wrote:What religion do you suppose the majority of the army practices?

  They're Muslim, but at least the military in Turkey has a secular culture and tradition. No matter, the coup has failed and the everyday Muslims are doing what they do best: torturing and beheading soldiers that have been arrested. An opportunity lost.