Attempted coup underway in Turkey, jets/gunfire in Ankara

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15 Jul 2016, 3:19 pm

Bridges across Bosphorus in Istanbul closed as well

https://www.rt.com/news/351334-ankara-s ... licopters/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07 ... n-ankara1/

Seems like the military has had enough of Erdogan, hopefully they succeed but I fear they won't.

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15 Jul 2016, 3:29 pm

Wow, maybe the spirit of Ataturk still lives.

I hope they remember that if you strike at the king, you must kill him.

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15 Jul 2016, 3:32 pm

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MORE: Turkish military says in statement that military has taken over

it's forreal wow

Erdogan is a supporter of ISIS, hopefully the military succeeds

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15 Jul 2016, 3:33 pm

We still don't know if those rebels are pro-Ataturk.

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15 Jul 2016, 3:39 pm

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15 Jul 2016, 3:41 pm

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@ReutersWorld 9m9 minutes ago

MORE: Turkish military says all existing foreign relations will continue, rule of law must remain priority

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15 Jul 2016, 3:46 pm

Turned out to be a real coup d'etat.

Erdogan will get expelled from his position.

What a surprise.

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15 Jul 2016, 3:50 pm

They can't expect to get EU membership as long as Erdogan calls the shots. He gotta go.

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15 Jul 2016, 3:50 pm

The Turkish military continues the Republican tradition of keeping the government secular.

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15 Jul 2016, 3:50 pm

It's getting full scale.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36809083

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15 Jul 2016, 3:51 pm

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The Turkish military continues the Republican tradition of keeping the government secular.

Turkish Republicans or U.S. Republicans?

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15 Jul 2016, 3:56 pm

Turkish military 'takes over power'
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The Turkish military has issued a statement saying it has taken over power. The statement said it had done so to preserve democratic order, and that the rule of law must remain a priority.

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15 Jul 2016, 3:58 pm

Tim_Tex wrote:

beneficii wrote:

The Turkish military continues the Republican tradition of keeping the government secular.

Turkish Republicans or U.S. Republicans?

I'm referring to the Republic of Turkey, the way it was formed, and the way it has been maintained. This is not the first time the Turkish military has overthrown the government to keep it from becoming too religious.

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15 Jul 2016, 4:00 pm

John Kerry's statement just now was really ambiguous

hoped for peace and continuity

was meeting with his counterpart in Moscow Sergey Lavrov interestingly enough

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15 Jul 2016, 4:00 pm

The Prime Minister still appears to be holding on:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/15/asia/turk ... ry-action/

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15 Jul 2016, 4:07 pm

Live updates here:

http://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive ... nt/491579/

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news ... on-8431256

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