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

[Deleted]

Did the coup people actually kill any civilians? I've seen plenty pictures of turks or Islamists or whatever they where lynching and whipping soldiers after they where captured.

Those that got killed mostly had guns, those that didn't, I doubt many of them died, unless it was the typical collateral damage.

[Deleted]

Democracy opposers should be taken out. Anyone who supported the coup should not be part of a democratic system or part of the army. Whether you like him or not, he won the elections and he has to win it again to stay in power. The only way to take Erdogan out should be through elections. That's how democracy works. Democracy isn't "if you lose elections stage chaotic demonstration and if that fails stage a coup". You have to accept that. In modern countries, some parties stayed in power for decades through democracy. It's something that you have to accept.

You keep spreading that BS since yesterday and it's still wrong. The armed forces can be used as the garantee of democratic practices in a nation, even if the "elected leadership" is moving to authoritarism.

[Deleted]

Either staged or a warning test. But people are ignoring one thing, Erdogan actually became hand-tied with yesterday's event. If ~2000 soldiers managed to do this (lets not forget that the rest of the military didn't pick a side), the high ranking officers now hold up the real Damocles Sword.

Well yeah, and if he goes and execute all these soldiers, the next coup won't be far off.

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Democracy opposers should be taken out. Anyone who supported the coup should not be part of a democratic system or part of the army. Whether you like him or not, he won the elections and he has to win it again to stay in power. The only way to take Erdogan out should be through elections. That's how democracy works. Democracy isn't "if you lose elections stage chaotic demonstration and if that fails stage a coup". You have to accept that. In modern countries, some parties stayed in power for decades through democracy. It's something that you have to accept.

Taking a dictator out via elections, hahaha, are you like 12?

The only way in history that dictators ever have been removed was through their deaths/assassinations.

[Flacko]

And now haters gonna say: "This whole thing was fake". GTFO c*nts..

[Xanjori]

German bundeswehr is there too, they said the reports are wrong.

So you're saying a statement put out by the US Embassay is wrong? Ok.

[Kellhound]

The Turkish military has greatly disappointed me. They had a perfect chance to return Turkey to Attaturk's vision, but they failed to do so. This will just lead to the further slide of Turkey away from what made them successful.

[lonely zergling]

So you're saying a statement put out by the US Embassay is wrong? Ok.

According to a statement of the bundeswehr yes . One of those is a liar.

[Deleted]

I'm sure the opposition still has members in the parliaments and still have their parties and their party leaders. You don't like him, vote for someone else. It's not the job of government clerks to oppose an elected government. This never happens in modern countries. "Opposition" is there in the elections and in the parliaments and this is where it stops. Any big changes will need vast parliament approval. This is how the system works.

What? Are you twelve and know nothing about the 20th Century?

[Ulmita]

8 Turkish military took a black hawk chopper and land to Alexandroupolis calling mechanical malfunction reasons in order to enter our FIR. They were escorted by two F-16s.
They later asked for political asylum.



The Turkish FM called them traitors and asked Athens to hand them over. Athers is currently examining the request.

[Pangean]

Democracy opposers should be taken out. Anyone who supported the coup should not be part of a democratic system or part of the army. Whether you like him or not, he won the elections and he has to win it again to stay in power. The only way to take Erdogan out should be through elections. That's how democracy works. Democracy isn't "if you lose elections stage chaotic demonstration and if that fails stage a coup". You have to accept that. In modern countries, some parties stayed in power for decades through democracy. It's something that you have to accept.

Since I also noted if the coup had succeeded it was the end of democracy I am not sure what you think your little diatribe is aimed at. No end to yesterday was good for Turkey.

But I note if you take away the the systems that allow for a democracy as Erdogan is doing no election will remove him as he won't permit it. But unfortunately Turkey is going to learn this the hard way.

[Xanjori]

Are you implying that you might disagree with/not believe the German Bundesheer?

Surely as a Brit I have no reason to disbelieve the German Bundesheer :P

[zorkuus]

You can't call someone who has a wide support and wins elections a dictator.

13% of the vote.

13%

And no, I haven't called him a dictator. I've said he's heading that way. Try to keep up.

[Deleted]

Lol, they're calling Greece "Yunanistan".

[Anaralah]

stop with the %13 bullshit guys, i dont know where that came from, he basically got almost %50 of the votes, and participation wasnt even that low, you are just taking the blame off Erdogan supporters

[Deleted]

Nein. Stop. You can't disagree with the Bundesheer!
;3

But on a more serious note: There is so much different/contrdicting/unclear information going around regarding this, it's unreal. What a mess.

If you have 2 contradicting informations about a matter, it's a given that the US one is always the lie.

[Xanjori]

Nein. Stop. You can't disagree with the Bundesheer!
;3

But on a more serious note: There is so much different/contrdicting/unclear information going around regarding this, it's unreal. What a mess.

Its getting crazy. I'd like to think that any antics involving the US airbase are just precautions, and that power is restored soon.

[Onvious]

Lol, they're calling Greece "Yunanistan".

well in persian, "istan" meaning is their land or something.. like greek land.

[Deleted]

well in persian, "istan" meaning is their land or something.. like greek land.

Yeah, but the West usually associates -stan countries with Islam, which Greece clearly isn't.

[zorkuus]

stop with the %13 bullshit guys, i dont know where that came from, he basically got almost %50 of the votes

He got 13%. The rest came from a retarded voting system where any candidate who gets less than 10% will automatically concede them to the ones with a higher percentage.

[Deleted]

Its getting crazy. I'd like to think that any antics involving the US airbase are just precautions, and that power is restored soon.

Would you really mind if some Turkish coup elements ran off with a tactical nuke and dropped it on Erdogan's palace?