something afoot in Turkey?

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36809083
Sounds ominous.

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Loads about it on Twitter already

That's where to go for breaking news

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Didn't the PM resign not long ago?

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johnxjsc1985 said:

So Boris can take Turkey's PM of his list of people to apologise to.

President Erdogan. Ex -President.

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AJL308 said:

rich85uk said:

Military taken over turkey according to a statement

And this is the country that CMD wanted to join the EU?

I'm so glad I voted with the winning side on the 23rd of last month!

Oh yes,i the Brexit liars said Turkey were about to join the EU. Glad I voted for the right side ( who we all know will actually win in the end )

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So who's doing the shooting? And who's side are they on? America has many interests over there Incirclik for one

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D-Angle said:

nyxster said:

I managed to get a message to her on the Russian / Ukraine equivalent Facebook vk.com - told her to go to her hotel and stay put, contact the embassy. Her bad luck. She was in Kyiv during the maidan uprising so talk about busman's holiday.

Glad you got hold of her.

This, might be worth giving her that FCO number posted above? If she needs any advice?

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anonymous said:

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I see from the Reddit feed that the US have advised their citizens to stay in hotels and off the streets and to not try and go to the embassy so it sounds like she is taking the right action anyway

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Apparently a large number of mosques are playing the call to prayer? These would be pro President then?

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Mr_B said:

red_slr said:

*insane* 30 Mike Mike video on twitter just now - rounds coming down max 200m from civs crazy!

https://twitter.com/Nayn_Co/status/754086295186661376

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anonymous said:

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The firing of the judges is clearly opportunist and isn't a valid reaction to the coup attempt.

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Just been chatting to the lovely Turkish family that run our corner shop - they are all convinced Erdogan did it himself to oust some members of the military and affirm his grip on power.

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All that jazz said:

USA has blocked all flights from Turkey. Probably political muscle-flexing at Turkey's closure of Incirlik air base to them.

They did that yesterday.

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I forgot to add; they also said the troops were informed it was a training exercise for civil unrest/ISIS attack (apparently)

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It appears he is still pushing for the death penalty to be reinstated.
I hope he's just using it to scare the rebels and will pull back from that in some show of 'compassion' or as a sign of a civilised governance but I do fear the rhetoric he's used is too inflammatory, signalling nothing can deter him from that path and that the mask is well and truly off now..........

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When I heard he has now gone after the teachers it just made me think of Pol Pot. Very worrying times for Turkey.

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I wonder where the line will be drawn. The further this guy divides the population the closer they will edge towards the situation one last atrocity away from armed revolt or intervention and the inevitable power vacuum that would follow. What mandate has he been given to demolish the judicial and education systems like this?

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Digga said:

jsf said:

When I heard he has now gone after the teachers it just made me think of Pol Pot. Very worrying times for Turkey.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HwuTbAo712I

Nothing, Pol Pot was the murderous despot in Cambodia.

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rallycross said:

This extreme action from Erdogan is something that could turn out to be the start of ww3.

How would that happen? Which nations would take the side of Turkey? I'd say it would more than likely test NATO and eventually lead to its restructure or demise when it turns out the other NATO partners are not willing to support or agree with the Turkish government if it were to continue along its current path.

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I can see the break up of NATO in its current form coming sooner rather than later. If Turkey goes full retard then it simply cant stay.

The uncertainty in the USA isn't helping matters, I wouldn't be at all surprised if we do end up with Trump in the White House, that alone could see the end of NATO as we know it. Trump is making noises about leaving the WTO and NATO.

An EU army is a terrible idea, but what is important is that at a European level (not EU) we have good communication between nation states. Keep the EU out of it because they have proven to be very dangerous in matters like these.