Looks like a coup is underway. Twitter and other social media feeds are down.
Istanbul airport is on lock down by military. Tanks and low flying helicopters in the area.
Reports of shots being fired on the streets and police being disarmed by the military.
Turkish General Army Staff officially declares it seized the power in Turkey
Turkish military is claiming they have taken over the country.
Routers:
Military:
“We have taken over Turkey”.
So what does this mean?
News feed:
No gravy for you!
That’s okay. I never much cared for giblets anyway.
Isn’t the Turkish military noted for opposing the pro-Islamic policies of the government? (even though the government is democratically elected)
So is this because Turkey is too repressive or not repressive enough?
What are NATO’s obligations here?
What are the political/religious leanings of the military?
My guess is that the coup will not succeed, as they haven’t apparently been able to arrest the senior members of the gov’t.
It’s worth noting that the UK is heavily invested in Turkey. Mrs. May is probably wishing that Cameron had dilly-dallied for a week. She’s not going to sleep for the next 24 hours.
The prime minister is apparently still communicating from somewhere, so the military hasn’t swept up all the key civilians – yet.
I suspect this post will be outdated in about 10 minutes.
Had there ever been a coup in an active NATO member country? Maybe Greece?
I also don’t feel like the Turkish people would go for it. From what I could tell, when I was there, they were all highly invested in their country, and purportedly Erdogan is quite popular (even if I personally think he’s a buffoon).
Erdogan’s style of leadership is probably part of the cause: he’s an authoritarian.
None. Both Turkey and Greece have had coups before, while being NATO members.
Traditionally secular.
It’s not the first coup or attempted coup in the time Turkey has been a Nato member, so wait and see I guess.
Secular, Kemalist (modernizing, pro-Western basically), at least in the past. It’s a bit early to say here though I guess.
What does the military have against the Prime Minister? I’m trying to understand the ramifications.