Military coup in Turkey?

robfosters · 15 Jul 2016 at 21:27

scorza said:
Crazy stuff. I guess the coup if successful would be good news for the west - the military in Turkey has traditionally been secular and at odds with the Islamism of Erdogan. Seems like Boris will be busy at any rate.

Well I hope they win then. I'll take secularism over islamism any day of the week.

Super Tigers · 15 Jul 2016 at 21:29

Social media has been supposedly been blocked in Turkey.

Dangerous times ahead.

Chives · 15 Jul 2016 at 21:29

Turkish military saying it has 'taken over' in a statement. Jesus

scorza · 15 Jul 2016 at 21:29

Just to calm people down a bit - the Turkish military has a history of coups, with three occurring post WW2, most recently in 1997: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/04/20124472814687973.html

If the coup fails, that would be more worrying for me.

lafemmefatale · 15 Jul 2016 at 21:30

Interesting.

Mynight · 15 Jul 2016 at 21:30

How on earth do you get the numbers required for such a thing and keep them quiet so as not to alert the government :confused:

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Jono8 · 15 Jul 2016 at 21:30

Boris to have baptism of fire in new role.

Josh · 15 Jul 2016 at 21:31

Reddit live is a good source for this also.

Azza · 15 Jul 2016 at 21:32

SpeedFreak · 15 Jul 2016 at 21:33

scorza said:
Just to calm people down a bit - the Turkish military has a history of coups, with three occurring post WW2, most recently in 1997: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/04/20124472814687973.html

That makes me feel better lol.

Roar87 · 15 Jul 2016 at 21:34

Some guy from Turkey commented on Facebook that the military has taken control of the government

Iraklis F.C. · 15 Jul 2016 at 21:34

will be interesting to see what will happen in the Aegean the next few days, i reckon tensions will run high...

Freddie1980 · 15 Jul 2016 at 21:34

Housey said:
The prime minister of Turkey is scum of the very worst kind I believe.

He shot down Russian jets, he's not all bad.

This a is a crazy situation.

ElliorR · 15 Jul 2016 at 21:35

Boris is probably thinking up insults that rhyme with junta right now.

lafemmefatale · 15 Jul 2016 at 21:35

Mylife said:
How on earth do you get the numbers required for such a thing and keep them quiet so as not to alert the government .

jsmoke · 15 Jul 2016 at 21:36

Why are they even in NATO?

lafemmefatale · 15 Jul 2016 at 21:36

ElliorR said:
Boris is probably thinking up insults that rhyme with junta right now.

Boris is most definitely thinking he's found himself way way out of his depth right now.

merlin · 15 Jul 2016 at 21:36

Boris to the rescue.

Roar87 · 15 Jul 2016 at 21:38

People taking this opportunity to take cheap shots at Boris Johnson, wow

peterwalkley · 15 Jul 2016 at 21:38

jsmoke said:
Why are they even in NATO?

To stop them going to war with Greece.