Military Coup in Turkey??

[kayakebab]

Havent been out. We live behind Carrefour ( now closed down) and have hardly heard any traffic.
Heard birds singing this morning and even our neighbours are quiet.

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[jackstee]

just been out for the bread
A bit quiet but life goes on in Fethiye
Funny though the tea house at the bottom of our street is normally full of older guys, nearly mt today

[Karennina]

For the cbf members who are not on facebook i have just read a very interesting post on last nights coup i will try and copy the link, it does make an interesting read...

[Karennina]

http://www.dailystormer.com/was-the-turkish-coup-an-erdogan-hoax/
Hope the article is here ok,,,sorry not much of a techy type...

[Daffodil]

Although he says he does not like social media he was able to speak to the nation on a smartphone belonging to a CNN Turkey reporter which was pointed at a camera.

[Dutchie]

Just to sum it all up:

Erdogan made a miraculous escape. His hotel got attacked just after he left (isn't he fortunate). Hulusi Akar, chief of Turkish armed forces (and one of RTE's best buddies), got kidnapped by coup military but he miraculously was released as well.

How fortunate that those two great leaders made it without any harm.

Unfortunately the hundreds of soldiers that got killed and the 3000 military that got detained weren't that lucky.

I'm no expert but to me it seems that the country is under great threat and the sooner RTE changes the presidential system, the better it is...

[Colwyn]

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has said the UK will stand by Erdogan (and privately he hopes RTE will forget the poem where Boris described him as having sexual relations with a goat and called him a w*nkerer).

[Dutchie]

About one hour ago 2700 judges got fired.

Binali is saying that the constitution should be changed soon to prevent another coup and they will investigate whether capital punishment should be reinstated again.

[Colwyn]

Dutchie, I realize that circulating conspiracy theories is one of the most popular pastimes in Turkey - almost as much so as smoking - and I generally dismiss them out of hand. However, this "coup" looks a very amateurish, small-scale affair not anything like previous military interventions in the public life of Turkey. Even if was the coup attempt the Government presents it as, it is certainly playing straight into Erdogan's game plan. What is next? Anti-AKP protesters to be rounded up and imprisoned as terrorists? HDP MPs found to have links with the coup planners and removed from Parliament? Calls for a "Strong Man" to be given powers to save Turkey from treason plots? Coronation of new Sultan Super President?

[Dutchie]

Spot on Colwyn.

Anti-AKP and followers of Fetullah Gulen are being arrested for quite some time now because of their membership of FETO which stands for Fethullahçı Terör Örgütü (Fetullah terrorism organization).
According to the people in charge, yesterdays events showed once more that Fetullah is a terrorist.

Edit: and if capital punishment is reinstated then they will have even more power.