Caporegime
Erdogans press officer
Military coup in Turkey?
- Thread starter Iraklis F.C.
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Caporegime
I think he knew perfectly well what the assumption would be. He only revealed when he got called out on his bs.
I don't think someone trying to mislead would admit it. Would be very easy to carry on lying.
You really think contacting people in Turkey isn't easy?
Caporegime
I think they would rather the coup failed tbh.
Soldato
That cup isn't going to bring itself over, chop chop
Soldato
It's not looking good for my holiday to Oludeniz in September
I've got a layover in Istanbul en route to Sri Lanka for my honeymoon in 4 weeks. Time to see if I can change flights me thinks...
I hope this doesn't turn into a blood bath though.
Caporegime
Eh, I should have made that clearer. My bad.
But, come on, we're just trying to get a picture of what's going on here and she has better knowledge of, and contacts in, Turkey than I do.
Soldato
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Wowcant be good.
could be good actually...
the current President has been too Islamic, too authoritarian... made plenty of enemys - if they're genuinely 'restoring democratic order' and getting rid of the current numpty then, though a bit dodgy it could be a good thing... so long as democracy is restored swiftly and new elections held
Not entirely fake assuming the video is from todays events - second video gunship opening up with minigun bursts.
https://twitter.com/cumhuriyetgzt/status/754041391102255105
A coup overthrowing an elected government never restores democratic order. It is an oxymoron.
All people circumventing democracy claim to be doing it on some kind of populism. In reality it is all about getting it your own way, getting power for yourself.
perhaps... they'll generally have to condemn this sort of stuff - however if it is swiftly dealt with and the new regime clearly lays a path to new elections etc.. then much much less of an issue
no it isn't, a coup against a dictator for example...
Commissario
Who do you think are actually doing much of (most of) the fighting against the likes of ISIS?
Who do you think are the biggest victims of ISIS? (in numbers)
It's other Muslims.
The problem is pretty much the same as every terrorist and criminal group in history, it's damned hard to tell someone who is a terrorist/criminal apart from the hundreds of civilians they're hiding amongst most of the time when they're not in control.
Unless you've got mind readers or cameras watching everyone all the time you don't know what is going on in someones house (in the same way you may not realise that your neighbour is really a serial killer, or a spy for Russia)
Caporegime
Lol, if you have to phone your presidential address in via skype from a hotel room, you are not in control!
Military coups in Egypt have been used to restore some sort of democracy in the past.