Military coup d'état attempt in Turkey

[Shaundi.]

Watch, Turkey will be an authoritarian dictatorship by the end of the year, at the least.

[acmilano]

Seems like Erdogan is going that way fast.

 

http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21702465-turkeys-president-destroying-democracy-turks-risked-their-lives-defend-erdogans

 

 

The second, more alarming conclusion is that Mr Erdogan is fast destroying the very democracy that the people defended with their lives. He has declared a state of emergency that will last at least three months. About 6,000 soldiers have been arrested; thousands more policemen, prosecutors and judges have been sacked or suspended. So have academics, teachers and civil servants, though there is little sign they had anything to do with the coup. Secularists, Kurds and other minorities feel intimidated by Mr Erdogan’s loyalists on the streets.

The purge is so deep and so wide—affecting at least 60,000 people—that some compare it to America’s disastrous de-Baathification of Iraq. It goes far beyond the need to preserve the security of the state. Mr Erdogan conflates dissent with treachery; he is staging his own coup against Turkish pluralism. Unrestrained, he will lead his country to more conflict and chaos. And that, in turn, poses a serious danger to Turkey’s neighbours, to Europe and to the West.

[paperbagdude]

I am currently vacationing near Alanya, Southeast Turkey and thank god there's no great tension here. However the Ministry of Foreign Affairs advise all Danish tourists to carry their passports if going out and a hotel housing a few friends of mine not far away has downright advised all their guests to not leave the hotel unless neccessary. My traveling partners and I have also chosen not to visit any greater city or 'crowded areas' to avoid any potential dangers.

 

The mood of the hotel is chill, but it is honestly difficult to relax when the rest of Turkey is apparently heating up because of all this bullsh*t.

 

Definitely glad I am flying home on Wednesday.

Edited July 24, 2016 by paperbagdude

[acmilano]

I am currently vacationing near Alanya, Southeast Turkey and thank god there's no great tension here. However the Ministry of Foreign Affairs advise all Danish tourists to carry their passports if going out and a hotel housing a few friends of mine not far away has downright advised all their guests to not leave the hotel unless neccessary. My traveling partners and I have also chosen not to visit any greater city or 'crowded areas' to avoid any potential dangers.

 

The mood of the hotel is chill, but it is honestly difficult to relax when the rest of Turkey is apparently heating up because of all this bullsh*t.

 

Definitely glad I am flying home on Wednesday.

I wish you a safe return man.

also a new event. There was a huge fire near Nato base in Izmir base.

 

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/huge-fire-breaks-out-near-nato-military-base-turkey-1572283

[Caysle]

A Haber, one of the government-supporter channels in Turkey, has actually called GTA IV cheat codes as "special encryption codes for things that can be used in the coup". Turkey's a nuthouse with %50 of the population diagnosed with Stockholm Syndrome, really

 

[acmilano]

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/08/21/asia/turkey-wedding-explosion/

 

 

Gaziantep, Turkey (CNN)Hakki Okur's family was searching hospitals for him Sunday morning after an explosion at a Kurdish wedding in Turkey killed at least 51 people.

The 14-year-old boy's sister had last seen him running away after a small explosion at 11 p.m. Saturday, said his cousin Mesut Bozkurt. Suddenly, a larger explosion knocked the sister to the ground. She awoke in a hospital. She remembered last seeing her brother alive.

"We looked for Hakki in hospitals and police station all night long," Bozkurt said. "At 5.30 we were called to identify his body. No injuries on his head but burns on his chest. We think he may have been trapped in the panic, since he was a skinny boy."

The family learned later Sunday morning that Hakki's killer was between age 12 and 14.

Other children were among the dead.

Emine Ayhan told Turkish television the bombing seriously injured her husband and killed four of her five children. "If my remaining child was not alive, I would commit suicide," she said.

Authorities found a suicide vest at the scene, although it is unclear whether the boy bomber blew himself up or it was detonated remotely, the bomber's age apparently giving authorities pause at assigning him blame.

 

This was a quite horrific. 12 year old bomber on wedding. RIP to all victims.

Edited August 21, 2016 by acmilano

[Ai®a©ob®a]

Turkey launched an attack across the Syrian boarder to attack ISIS but unless given permission by Assad this could be considered an act of war couldn't it?

 

If so what ramifications do you think this could cause aside from more attacks by ISIS in Turkey

[sivispacem]

Turkey have a tacit agreement with Syria, they're largely suspending support for moderate rebel groups in return for permitting cross border activity in pursuit of the YPG.

[acmilano]

Possible chemical attack on Kurds near Manbij by pro-turkish forces:

 

https://twitter.com/mutludc/status/768896445747462144

 

If its true it could spark a full war between Turks and Kurds in both Syria and Turkey.

[make total destroy]

And the U.S. throw the Kurds under the bus. I guess we should have saw that coming.