Link to the CNN livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZ32cK1u-b8
Navies apparently surrounded the bay where Erdogan is residing. A tank apparently just shot down a Turkish fighter jet.
Originally posted by ArtificialGlorySame, but Erdogan has been pushing for this for some time now, and a real coup in Turkey happens so fast around 5 am and by the time it's finished, all the state leaders find them selves captured and in prison. This time for no reason, the soldiers just blockaded irrelevant streets and villainized them selves in front of the country and the globe without taking over anything. A 5 year old would come up with a better strategy. And on top of all that, the elite military leaders at the very top are missing and haven't made any public explanations. The command chain allows for low ranked corrupt members of the military to take control of the army in such circumstances, which is the case right now. This coup is meant to fail and justify Erdogan's ascension. In fact, for those who come fro SWF, its pretty much the Grand Plan and Order 66, but instead of a charismatic manipulative genius, we have a retarded ignorant peasant.
I seriously hope not. I hope it's Erdogan's dismemberment I get to see.
If it goes in any other way it'll be a massive shock. One that is welcome, but very unlikely.
A crowd was just fired into. The people in the front fell to the ground. 🙁
Unfortunately it looks like Sinious is correct about the ultimate outcome of this situation.
For some background Erdogan is a religious extremist in a traditionally secular country and has been neutering the Turkish military for the past few decades in a country where compulsory military service and nationalism is standard practice. He's an extremely polarizing figure hated by half the population and loved by the rest.
Originally posted by Sinious
Same, but Erdogan has been pushing for this for some time now, and a real coup in Turkey happens so fast around 5 am and by the time it's finished, all the state leaders find them selves captured and in prison. This time for no reason, the soldiers just blockaded irrelevant streets and villainized them selves in front of the country and the globe without taking over anything. A 5 year old would come up with a better strategy. And on top of all that, the elite military leaders at the very top are missing and haven't made any public explanations. The command chain allows for low ranked corrupt members of the military to take control of the army in such circumstances, which is the case right now. This coup is meant to fail and justify Erdogan's ascension. In fact, for those who come fro SWF, its pretty much the Grand Plan and Order 66, but instead of a charismatic manipulative genius, we have a retarded ignorant peasant.If it goes in any other way it'll be a massive shock. One that is welcome, but very unlikely.
You're correct in that the heads of the military were not involved. It's lower level officers that have carried this out.
Apparently there's a rumor that the coup leader was captured by Turkish security forces.
Originally posted by Sinious
Same, but Erdogan has been pushing for this for some time now, and a real coup in Turkey happens so fast around 5 am and by the time it's finished, all the state leaders find them selves captured and in prison. This time for no reason, the soldiers just blockaded irrelevant streets and villainized them selves in front of the country and the globe without taking over anything. A 5 year old would come up with a better strategy. And on top of all that, the elite military leaders at the very top are missing and haven't made any public explanations. The command chain allows for low ranked corrupt members of the military to take control of the army in such circumstances, which is the case right now. This coup is meant to fail and justify Erdogan's ascension. In fact, for those who come fro SWF, its pretty much the Grand Plan and Order 66, but instead of a charismatic manipulative genius, we have a retarded ignorant peasant.If it goes in any other way it'll be a massive shock. One that is welcome, but very unlikely.