Military coup in Turkey?

Craterloads said:
I just hope they aren't executed, there's been enough bloodshed for one day. It's sad some were happy with deaths as long as they got to see erdogan gone.

It would be a good time for erdogan to show some leadership for healing rather than create more divisiveness.
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Depends if they can even find the people that gave the initial orders.

The commander of the main forces in Istanbul are saying their forces aren't involved. Yet they were the primary force there. So who performed the attempted coup?
 
Rroff said:
It started off fairly well planned but looking like the rest of the army and populous didn't support the coup to critical level.
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They kidnapped the general chief of staff, tried to shut down lines of communication.

Moment they did the first thing they messed up, rest of military groups would not support backstabbers in there own nest. Was only a matter of time.
 
Craterloads said:
I just hope they aren't executed, there's been enough bloodshed for one day. It's sad some were happy with deaths as long as they got to see erdogan gone.

It would be a good time for erdogan to show some leadership for healing rather than create more divisiveness.
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Why not execute them, treachery is one of the few crimes that warrant it.

They shot two missiles into a police/officers training building killing 17 .
 
B&W said:
They kidnapped the general chief of staff, tried to shut down lines of communication.

Moment they did the first thing they messed up, rest of military groups would not support backstabbers in there own nest. Was only a matter of time.
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Depends on how the top brass are viewed by those below them.
 
muon said:
Most of those below are following orders though.

So the order of the top commanders will always overrule anything middle level officers might be able to give.
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They don't really have much choice though - just because they follow orders doesn't mean they would side with the top brass if push comes to shove.
 
Rroff said:
They don't really have much choice though - just because they follow orders doesn't mean they would side with the top brass if push comes to shove.
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But that is apparently what has happened according to some. Things have de-escalated because the commanders took back control over the forces. Combined with civilians coming out in force.
 
Could this be a play by Erdogan, seems so sketchy to think of a helicopter/jet bombing the parliament building without any retaliation?
 
muon said:
But that is apparently what has happened according to some. Combined with civilians coming out in force.
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In this case - but it is pretty much the premise of a coup that the plotters believe that those people would side with them when it came to it and generally the deciding factor for if a coup succeeds or not. There is certainly no guarantee one way or the other.
 
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