Casper Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 http://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-security-primeminister-idUSKCN0ZV2HK Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted July 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 It's only getting worse. Craziness. Too many people are going to die tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad324 Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 If you're not for the coup then you must be a Hillary voter Erdo-GONE!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScubaCinci Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 (edited) I think it's a ploy by Democrats to divert media attention from Hillary and the shit storm she should be facing right now. BTW, the University of North Texas made a coffee mug for her... I'm sure the Oklahoma College for Kids has one for 'ol Trumpy too Edited July 16, 2016 by ScubaCinci 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vagabound Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 ^That's terrible but funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScubaCinci Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 (edited) This is how I spend my Friday nights apparently With all the crap going on in the world, if we aren't laughing we'd surely be crying. Earth is a mess. Edited July 16, 2016 by ScubaCinci 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
what Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 (edited) Hm... this is bad. A coup when the leader is conveniently on vacation? He had someone gather up his secular enemies within the military and got them to attempt a coup so he could get rid of them legally. Now who's going to be there to say no when he decides to go full sharia? Edited July 16, 2016 by what Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
what Posted July 19, 2016 Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 followup: http://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/19/erdogan-targets-more-than-50000-in-purge-after-failed-turkish-coup.html bye bye secular Turkey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted July 19, 2016 Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 Yea, I was kind of surprised when everyone cheered the failure of the coup attempt. Historically the Turkish military has been the stabilizer when the government went too far. They would toss the asshat, then return control pretty quickly. They have done this four or five times in the not too distant past. Just goes to show how little we, our politicians and our media really understand about that part of the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted July 20, 2016 Report Share Posted July 20, 2016 2 minutes ago, Idiot said: On the other hand... Erdogan - as much as we may not like him - is supported by a very strong majority of voters in Turkey... almost 50% in an election turnout % that we can only dream about here in the USA. https://erikmeyersson.com/2015/11/04/digit-tests-and-the-peculiar-election-dynamics-of-turkeys-november-elections/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/02/15/were-there-irregularities-in-turkeys-2015-elections-we-used-our-new-forensic-toolkit-to-check/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted July 20, 2016 Report Share Posted July 20, 2016 Regarding voter turnout..voting is compulsory in Turkey. No fine, but the numbers in the last election are consistent with turnout that they have had for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted July 20, 2016 Report Share Posted July 20, 2016 36 minutes ago, Idiot said: Tonik you can believe what external scholars write Ok, I'll ignore anyone that is external on this subject. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted July 20, 2016 Report Share Posted July 20, 2016 For me it emotional too. He is turning it into an Islamic Fundamentalist State. He has been converting the secular schools to Fundamentalist for years, he is consolidating power to himself. He is transforming the country. Yea, the Fundies came out in droves to support him during the coup. I am confident that there is no shortage of them in that country. And when he is done, it will be a breading ground for terrorists that will want to kill us. Democratically elected or not, that is very bad for us. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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