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athena

(4,187 posts)
7. I am perfectly aware of that.
Fri Jul 15, 2016, 10:09 PM
Jul 2016

But the last one was in 1997, almost twenty years ago, and was a "soft" coup, in which they banned a political party and didn't actually take control of government. And no coup has ever failed. Turkey has the second largest military in NATO after the U.S. When they carry out a coup, it does not disintegrate in a few hours.

Furthermore, the Turkish military is not as powerful as it once was. Erdogan has already purged it of its staunchest secular generals through a series of sham trials.

Sure smells like Gollum instigated it. roamer65 Jul 2016 #1
Exactly. athena Jul 2016 #2
Can Trump learn it in a presidency greiner3 Jul 2016 #18
Don't give him any ideas! forest444 Jul 2016 #20
Well, it'll be very interesting to see what Erdogan does in Hortensis Jul 2016 #34
"Turkey removes more than 2,700 judges Hortensis Jul 2016 #49
Completely plausible eissa Jul 2016 #3
This is the fourth military coup in Turkey in a century. NuclearDem Jul 2016 #4
I am perfectly aware of that. athena Jul 2016 #7
So....you'd think they be better at it, if it was real. Joe the Revelator Jul 2016 #9
Funny. I was thinking there was something fishy going on. ananda Jul 2016 #5
I thought only RW conspiracy folks TeddyR Jul 2016 #6
I am not one for conspiracy theories athena Jul 2016 #10
Apologies TeddyR Jul 2016 #11
I'll be curious to see what happens in the next few months. athena Jul 2016 #14
I was surprised that American media seemingly Hortensis Jul 2016 #36
U.S. media eliminated all foreign correspondents years ago. yardwork Jul 2016 #42
Well, I share your assessment of much of the Hortensis Jul 2016 #44
FFS. The "conspiracy" is that for-profit media eliminated all journalistic integrity years ago. yardwork Jul 2016 #46
Sorry, believe this results from something else, Hortensis Jul 2016 #47
HA, there are plenty of CT'ers here. Ace Rothstein Jul 2016 #17
Please athena Jul 2016 #19
Of course this is a conspiracy theory. You're claiming a conspiracy to bomb their parliament muriel_volestrangler Jul 2016 #25
I suggest you read up on the recent history of Turkish politics. athena Jul 2016 #26
Are you saying those weren't conspiracies? muriel_volestrangler Jul 2016 #30
You're the one arguing that no conspiracy could possibly happen in Turkey. athena Jul 2016 #33
No, I never said anything like "no conspiracy could possibly happen in Turkey" muriel_volestrangler Jul 2016 #35
First, you call me a "conspiracy theorist", athena Jul 2016 #38
The Harvard expert says it's not a hoax muriel_volestrangler Jul 2016 #41
This message was self-deleted by its author Else You Are Mad Jul 2016 #27
I'm not dismissing the coup. I didn't mention Sandy Hook truthers or anti-vaxxers, either muriel_volestrangler Jul 2016 #31
Sorry. Else You Are Mad Jul 2016 #32
Turkish history is one big conspiracy theory. AngryAmish Jul 2016 #39
There are videos of dead people laying on the streets PersonNumber503602 Jul 2016 #8
Yes, I am. athena Jul 2016 #12
Yep could be False Flag Coup engineered by Erdogan to smoke out traitors and consolidate control. yellowcanine Jul 2016 #13
He would have been arrested. athena Jul 2016 #15
It is really odd. a la izquierda Jul 2016 #16
He would never have flown back into Turkey Abq_Sarah Jul 2016 #23
Looked fishy to me too, athena ReRe Jul 2016 #21
you should be on TV! you beat the so called experts on Gabi Hayes Jul 2016 #22
You mean the experts have started talking about this possibility? athena Jul 2016 #28
If so, Obama and Kerry fell right into the trap Democat Jul 2016 #24
Post removed Post removed Jul 2016 #29
"The Daily Stormer" is a neo-Nazi site. Remove your link to it at once. muriel_volestrangler Jul 2016 #40
Was this a DU regular? TacoD Jul 2016 #50
It was the thread starter (nt) muriel_volestrangler Jul 2016 #51
This message was self-deleted by its author yardwork Jul 2016 #45
you have linked to a Neo nazi HATE site etherealtruth Jul 2016 #48
I have my suspicions as well... BooScout Jul 2016 #37
I would think that too except in the very beginning, the countries media & internet was taken first. Sunlei Jul 2016 #43
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