Re: Military coup underway in Turkey

**Lamplighter** Wed Jul 20, 2016 4:10 pm

The Latest: Greece moves Turks seeking asylum further inland

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Latest on the situation in Turkey after the failed military coup last week (all times local): 5:45 p.m. Authorities in northern Greece say eight Turkish military officers seeking asylum here after Turkey's failed coup attempt have been moved to a different police detention site for security reasons.

http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/4490852-latest-greece-moves-turks-seeking-asylum-inland.html#.1258-stage-hero1-2

**bb1** Wed Jul 20, 2016 4:28 pm

Oh Lord. Unfortunately, Find an excuse to attack your neighbour and invent Enemies is also high on the list for dictators.

What a nightmare 2016 is!

**lily** Wed Jul 20, 2016 6:52 pm

I wonder how long the next coup will take......... Pcorneater

**Lamplighter** Wed Jul 20, 2016 8:16 pm

Turkey to shut hundreds of schools in anti-coup measure
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Cracking down on alleged subversives in education, Turkey said Wednesday that it will close more than 600 private schools and dormitories following an attempted coup, spurring fears that the state's move against perceived enemies is throwing key institutions in the NATO ally into disarray.
http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/4490632-turkey-to-shut-hundreds-schools-anti-coup-measure.html#.1258-stage-hero1-1

**bb1** Wed Jul 20, 2016 9:54 pm

More bad news:

http://news.sky.com/story/erdogan-declares-state-of-emergency-in-turkey-10507647

Erdogan Declares State Of Emergency In Turkey
The Turkish president warns efforts to detain or suspend officials suspected of being involved in a failed coup has not ended.
Turkey's president has declared a three-month state of emergency following last week's failed coup.

In a speech, Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned there "may be more plans" from dissidents to try and overthrow the government again.

The president said the state of emergency was in order to "take the most efficient steps in order to remove this threat as soon as possible, which is a threat to democracy, to the rule of law, and to the rights and freedoms of citizens in our country".

Mr Erdogan also expressed his "deepest gratitude" to citizens who took to the streets during the unrest and stayed there to show their support for his administration....etc

**lily** Wed Jul 20, 2016 10:26 pm

which is a threat to democracy, to the rule of law, and to the rights and freedoms of citizens in our country".

bottomsup

**Lamplighter** Thu Jul 21, 2016 7:30 am

http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/4491974-turkeys-military-coup-failed.html#.1258-stage-hero1-8
How Turkey's military coup failed

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish officials say an attempted coup by a segment of the military over the weekend was put down in about 10-12 hours. At least 260 people were killed, and 1,400 wounded in violence that rattled the country's two major cities. Bombs hit the parliament and other state buildings, tanks drove over civilians and there was an attempted assassination of the country's strongman, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

**Lamplighter** Thu Jul 21, 2016 8:38 am

Austria summons Turkey's ambassador following protest
Published: 21 Jul 2016 09:05 GMT+02:00
Austria’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the ambassador for Turkey to discuss the crackdown in the country following the failed coup against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
http://www.thelocal.at/20160721/austria-summons-turkeys-ambassador-following-protests

**bb1** Thu Jul 21, 2016 9:21 am

there was an attempted assassination of the country's strongman, Recep Tayyip Erdogan

I don't remember that bit?

**Lamplighter** Thu Jul 21, 2016 9:40 am

bb1 wrote:there was an attempted assassination of the country's strongman, Recep Tayyip Erdogan

I don't remember that bit?

Days after the coup, Erdogan and his aides revealed details of a commando raid on the beach resort where the president had been vacationing with his family.

Kalin, his spokesman, said intelligence also revealed that three helicopters were heading toward the resort in Marmaris, prompting Erdogan to evacuate. The commandos, nearly 30 of them, arrived half an hour after the president and his family departed. The commandos went room-to-room looking for Erdogan. Clashes ensued and at least one of Erdogan's guards was killed. Erdogan told CNN two days after that night that he survived only by minutes.

LL

**bb1** Thu Jul 21, 2016 9:43 am

So, there will be plenty of pics of these 'thirty commandos' and their helicopters? I don't believe it, frankly.

**Lamplighter** Thu Jul 21, 2016 9:55 am

bb1 wrote:So, there will be plenty of pics of these 'thirty commandos' and their helicopters? I don't believe it, frankly.

I believe it like I believe the earth is flat and Hitler is living in Argentina!!!! LL Hahau

**bb1** Thu Jul 21, 2016 11:50 am

Conflict News
‏@Conflicts
ERDOGAN: "It will be a big mistake if the US decides not to extradite Gulen" - @AJEnglish

The US really does need to get those nuclear warheads out of Incirlik Air Base.....

**Lamplighter** Thu Jul 21, 2016 12:36 pm

The Latest: Report: Turkish officer linked to coup captured

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Latest on the situation in Turkey after the failed military coup last week (all times local): 2 p.m. Turkish state news agency Anadolu is reporting that one soldier linked to the attack on the hotel where President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was vacationing during the foiled coup has been captured.

http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/4493036-latest-report-turkish-officer-linked-to-coup-captu.html#.1258-stage-hero1-2

**bb1** Thu Jul 21, 2016 1:12 pm

I am taking all of Edrogan's utterances with a bucket of salt, LL, as he is following the 'Dictator seizing absolute power' script perfectly.

**bb1** Thu Jul 21, 2016 1:13 pm

The Int'l Spectator
‏@intlspectator
BREAKING: Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister says country will temporarily suspend European Convention on Human Rights

**Lamplighter** Thu Jul 21, 2016 1:19 pm

bb1 wrote:I am taking all of Edrogan's utterances with a bucket of salt, LL, as he is following the 'Dictator seizing absolute power' script perfectly.

There is a saying "Behind every ~~great man~~ dictator there is a woman ...." LL

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**bb1** Thu Jul 21, 2016 1:25 pm

Imelda Marcos with a headscarf on.

**Lamplighter** Thu Jul 21, 2016 1:30 pm

bb1 wrote:Imelda Marcos with a headscarf on.

Precisely. Shades also of Elena Ceacescu. LL

**bb1** Thu Jul 21, 2016 1:32 pm

Ah yes! That didn't end well.....

**Lamplighter** Thu Jul 21, 2016 1:47 pm

bb1 wrote:Ah yes! That didn't end well.....

The difference between Imelda, Elena and Emine Erdogan is that they were greedy money worshippers, whereas Emine is a fundamentalist muslim who wants all Turkish women to wear hijabs, burkhas etc and be relegated to the same position as women in Saudi Arabia, hidden from view, unable to drive etc, etc. Womens' rights are enshrined in Ataturk's original constitution, Erdogan and Emine want to revoke it and return Turkey back into the Middle Ages. LL

**bb1** Thu Jul 21, 2016 2:00 pm

She may wear a headscarf, LL, but Mrs E. is every bit as greedy as the other two:

The £43m-a-year President, his 'shopaholic' wife and their £2,000 per roll silk wallpaper in the bathroom: Inside Turkey tyrant's £500million palace... so dripping in gold 'it would have even made Saddam blush'
Turkey President Recep Erdogan has £139million fortune and three palaces
Wife is known for her love of luxury shopping trips and antique collecting
She caused chaos by closing a Brussels shopping centre for retail therapy
And in Warsaw she spent £37,000 on some antiques in one splurge alone

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3696037/She-silk-wallpaper-bathroom-2-000-roll-Super-spending-habits-Turkey-tyrant-s-shopaholic-wife-laid-bare-two-million-coup-hit-country-earn-3-day.html#ixzz4F3kmdSaD
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**Lamplighter** Thu Jul 21, 2016 2:06 pm

I know all about her private life and love of luxury, but I see her as far more dangerous than the other two. They just wanted money and fancy trappings, she wants to impose strict religious law on all Turkish women, a fate which hardly bears thinking about when you realise how free Turkish women have been up to when she and Erdogan took power. LL

**bb1** Thu Jul 21, 2016 2:11 pm

Ah, apologies, I see what you mean, LL!

I find the whole thing appalling; Turkey, and other islamic fundamentalists, seem determined to turn the clock back to the 7th century. And IMO, their intolerance of other faiths - even the 'wrong' kind of islam - is a danger to all of us, whether we're Jewish, pagans, atheists, Hindus, Christians, humanists, Sikhs, Buddhists...

**Lamplighter** Thu Jul 21, 2016 2:29 pm

Turkey, and other islamic fundamentalists

Turkey is not fundamentalist, it is in fact a secular democracy that has been hijacked by Erdogan and his clique. Ataturk's vision was running very well when I visited there which was usually once a year for a week. Woman wearing western clothes walked openly on the streets, drve cars, went to uni, had their own companies .... no-one was segregated on buses and trains, and most signs were written in Turkish and English!! Unless someone puts a bullet in Erdogan and his wife or hangs them a la Mussolini from lamposts I fear Turkey will beome like Saudi Arabia. This will be very sad, I always enjoyed visiting the country. LL

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