BREAKING: Military coup in Turkey in progress! Tanks on the street, police disarmed.

[PACOX]

...people who think this is somehow good...

You want a Syria thats closer to your backyards, because thats how you get a Syria thats closer to your backyards.

Most of this site is made up of people from NATO countries, you really think NATO isn't going to play some part in the situation if it ends up getting out of hand?

Waiting for Obama to say "fuck it" and leave the White House. Its like the world is getting more and more ridiculous every day.

[Kuntantee]

This is a fake-ass coup. They didn't arrest no minister, no parliamentarian, nothing. Just blockaded the roads and airport. Nothing more than a staged event to gain political leverage.

[Skroe]

Democracy > anarchy

Tyranny >

[Zoranon]

It's far lefist to point out this scheme usually backfire ?

Do you have any actual proof that USA backed this coup, or is is just some impulse to blame everything on them?

[zorkuus]

See, my fear there is he crashes it somewhere he was denied asylum a final act of retribution

Give me asylum or I will fly into a building!

[Raetary]

So if he is in a plane right now, and nobody allows him to land, where does he go? You only have so much fuel.

either istanbul or falling to his death.

[Blade Wolf]

It's far lefist to point out this scheme usually backfire ?

If the US instigated this shit then yes it might backfire but this seems internal.

[Sarethion]

Nato will sit out of it as to not alienate the one who stays in control, for turkey this is very much an internal matter.

You're probably right, but I can't imagine having a coup in one of their member countries is something that will not be a huge pain in the ass for other NATO countries. At the very least politically.

[Kalis]

Not getting any reliable reports that Erdogan has been denied asylum anywhere, seems like he was at Marmaris.

[Deleted]

This is a fake-ass coup. They didn't arrest no minister, no parliamentarian, nothing. Just blockaded the roads and airport. Nothing more than a staged event to gain political leverage.

Why is he trying to find a place for exile then?

[Ayla]

He might be allowed to land and refuel but not have asylum.

I wonder who he'll try next now that the UK said no.

I somehow don't see that happening, but I could be wrong.

[Tyrianth]

Nope. NATO only intervenes on foreign threats. This coup is considered as domestic therefore NATO won't do shit.

And even then NATO wont intervene if it was a NATO country who initiated the attack and/or DoW.

[Skroe]

This is a fake-ass coup. They didn't arrest no minister, no parliamentarian, nothing. Just blockaded the roads and airport. Nothing more than a staged event to gain political leverage.

Really? Well thats highly disappointing.

Turkish Air Force should have dropped a 2000lb bomb on Erdogan's monument to himself (the Presidential Palace) just to draw a line under his era.

[Machismo]

Here's a few to get you started

Reddit live: https://www.reddit.com/live/x9gf3donjlkq
BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-36811357
Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...rd-in-ankara1/

Thanks

/10 char

[Theodarzna]

Do you have any actual proof that USA backed this coup, or is is just some impulse to blame everything on them?

Nah, your typical US backed coup is to install a King, or radical cleric, this just isn't our style.

[Kreeshak]

Once again, it's true that the good old ''coup the elected leader and replace him with a general'' worked so well for the USA in the long run, isn'it ?

And as someone implied, coup can suceed or fail-if the coup fail...

(This is why, incidentally, Western countries are pretty obviously trying to ascertain who is in control and who is likely to remain in control-if they back the army and Erdogan win...)

It will be interesting for Erdogan to win, and him (Erdogan) know or suspect USA was behind the coup. Really really interesting.

[Gaidax]

Looks like a failure, too bad.

[Deleted]

This is a fake-ass coup. They didn't arrest no minister, no parliamentarian, nothing. Just blockaded the roads and airport. Nothing more than a staged event to gain political leverage.

The explosions and deaths are just special effects?

[Deleted]

Not getting any reliable reports that Erdogan has been denied asylum anywhere, seems like he was at Marmaris.

Boris should let him in on the condition he stays with him and Louis Theroux does a special.

[sarahtasher]

Do you have any actual proof that USA backed this coup, or is is just some impulse to blame everything on them?

The USA is certainly not behind this coup.