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Quote from: "cc la femme"Turkey army group announces takeover on TV



An army group in Turkey says it has taken control of the country, with bridges closed in Istanbul and aircraft flying low over Ankara.



http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36809083



All of Erdogan's fundy replacements of military bosses failed!!



Ataturk wins again (maybe, we shall see how this shakes out) for the 4th time in 100 years



 We can talk about how he set things up to protect against vile islam and to protect the people later



it is quite a story - Quite a guy

QuoteAtaturk wins again  for the 4th time in 100 years



(maybe, we shall see how this shakes out)

Quote from: "cc la femme"Turkey army group announces takeover on TV



An army group in Turkey says it has taken control of the country, with bridges closed in Istanbul and aircraft flying low over Ankara.



http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36809083



All of Erdogan's fundy replacements of military bosses failed!!



Ataturk wins again (maybe, we shall see how this shakes out) for the 4th time in 100 years



 We can talk about how he set things up to protect against vile islam and to protect the people later



it is quite a story - Quite a guy

Quote from: "cc la femme"Care to be specific?



Control of Turkey is the most world important item in a long time



As for me, I've always been an Ataturk fan ... I thinks he's one of the sharpest leaders of the century ... and these army people are following his constitutional order as have 3 previous armies ... saving the country from fundies taking over

Quote from: "cc la femme"Not looking so good at moment. Erdogan back in country.



If he holds on to power, this will be his excuse to take that one last step to make Turkey officially an islamist dictatorship

Quote from: "cc la femme"The country voted Islamist  .. so, yes he is. The whole islamic world is on a steady fundy climb



 That said, the coup troops were swarmed with happy people.



Looks like Ataturk's plan finally failed to save the country from religious law  (after 100 yrs of success) .. coup seems over



Meet  our world's new Khaliph. This gives him the excuse to take the last step.



That statement I posted of his was legit btw - he really did say that streetcar thing which i cited above  ... he also more  recently said  .. paraphrasing .. "there is no moderate islam, there is only islam"

Quote from: "RW"He's apparently very popular with the people.

Quote from: "Herman"It's too bad, Turkey was a great place to visit. Particularly before Erdogan started on a path of an Islamic society incrementally.

Quote from: "Herman"It's too bad, Turkey was a great place to visit. Particularly before Erdogan started on a path of an Islamic society incrementally.

Quote from: "cc la femme"slowly starting then without a majority in the house  and steadily progressed fundy



A few years ago his Islamist party won by a large margin and it picked up speed

Quote from: "cc la femme"slowly starting then without a majority in the house  and steadily progressed fundy



A few years ago his Islamist party won by a large margin and it picked up speed greatly



oops - you were asking Herm

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Quote from: "cc la femme"slowly starting then without a majority in the house  and steadily progressed fundy



A few years ago his Islamist party won by a large margin and it picked up speed greatly



oops - you were asking Herm

So it seemed it was still a decent place last year.  When exactly is it going to shit?



I should note my brother and his wife lived in Yemen for almost a year prior to the Iraq war.  And I mean in society, learning the language and living with the people.  He wasn't in some work camp or there on work.  He knows what it means to live in an Islamic society with Muslims.  He described Turkey far differently than Yemen.



Just sayin'.

Quote from: "cc la femme"Seems your family is very comfortable with the ways of islam



Just sayin

Quote from: "cc la femme"Maybe some do, but I sure don't

Quote from: "cc la femme"People do not go places they are not comfortable in



Not sure what would be funny about that

Quote from: "cc la femme"what was the question and conclusion again? .... this ludicrous page has me lost



Sorry, but I'm still thinking about Nice .... that one turned me inside out

Quote from: "cc la femme"yes Rohammed, I did know ... and the fact some islamics were in the group and were killed changes another  act of  cruel hateful  islamic slaughter how?

Quote from: "cc la femme"I won't try any longer to understand what you said ..... as nothing good came to mind

Quote from: "RW"

Quote from: "cc la femme"yes Rohammed, I did know ... and the fact some islamics were in the group and were killed changes another  act of  cruel hateful  islamic slaughter how?

It doesn't.  I just wondered if you knew the difference between the driver of the truck and those under its wheels.

Quote from: "cc la femme"Turkey army group announces takeover on TV



An army group in Turkey says it has taken control of the country, with bridges closed in Istanbul and aircraft flying low over Ankara.



http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36809083



All of Erdogan's fundy replacements of military bosses failed!!



Ataturk wins again (maybe, we shall see how this shakes out) for the 4th time in 100 years



 We can talk about how he set things up to protect against vile islam and to protect the people later



it is quite a story - Quite a guy - Knew how to control vile islam

Quote from: "Fashionista"It seems the Turkish army has gone coup coup.

 :laugh:

Quote from: "cc la femme"good one



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Quote from: "NT TIMES in same link below"Meanwhile, the Welfare Party finished first in a close national election, and Erbakan became the country's first Islamist prime minister in 1996. With his rhetorical cannons firing away, he declared Turkish politics a pitiful imitation of the West and announced a campaign for worldwide Muslim solidarity. He overreached. After 12 months, the military forced him to resign.



There had long been differences between the younger party leaders, who came to be known as the modernists, and Erbakan and his men -- whom they called the Politburo. When Erbakan was ousted and subsequently banned from politics, the modernists had their opening. But first they had to withstand the legacy of Erbakan's radical provocations of the establishment, a crackdown that would pave the way for Erdogan's rise.



In December 1997, the Welfare Party sent Erdogan to a political rally in southeastern Siirt, an impoverished, religious district where his wife's family originated. On that day, as he had several times before, he recited a quatrain by Ziya Gokalp, an ideologue of Turkish nationalism:



 ''The mosques are our barracks,/the domes our helmets,/the minarets our bayonets,/ and the believers our soldiers.''

Quote from: "Herman"It's too bad, Turkey was a great place to visit. Particularly before Erdogan started on a path of an Islamic society incrementally.

Quote from: "cc la femme"ABC NEWS - U.S. Troops at Turkish Air Base on Highest Force Protection Level (//http)



U.S. troops at Turkey's Incirlik air base were at the highest force protection level, known as "condition Delta," after power was cut off at the base and the Turkish government closed the airspace around the site in the hours following a foiled military coup attempt, a U.S. official told ABC News today.



Turkish officials told ABC News they believe Turkish planes docked at Incirlik Air Base took part in Friday night's coup attempt, which is why the site is locked down.



Turkey allows the United States to use the air base for operations associated with its air campaign against ISIS in Iraq and Syria.



There are 2,200 U.S. personnel in Turkey, including 1,500 stationed at Incirlik.

Quote from: "cc la femme"Wouldn't be the first time you've missed / slid around the point like a Rohammed ( lately ONLY  that is)

QuoteThere, that's it - You earned that, and  that is as far as I choose to go



Now for Important Stuff:



What gives with you of late? Spewing constant personal insults every time someone posts something you don't wish to hear.



 I will not stoop to issuing insults in return so it's a one-way fight of yours alone - don't expect me to play that game with you

QuoteWhat the hell is going on with you of late? The insults don't stick on me at all, but they are very unbecoming of you.  Please just stop it. You are a lot better than that.

QuoteFuck off

Quote from: "cc la femme"On the serious side, I'm very sad for Turkey .... have been for the last several years as it  has gone progressively more and more fundy ... despite rather strange assurances from RW's family that it a great place.



Especially sad is that this has played right into the wannabe khaliph's hands. He is now "cleansing" secular minded opposition in military ... and worse in the judicial and legislative  systems at a greatly accelerated rate  .. using this as the convenient excuse "to secure the people from harm" .... end result being he is now rapidly guarantying a permanent hard core islamist run country



A majority of its people seem to be on board with that as they voted islamist in the last 2 elections

Quote from: "NT TIMES in same link below"Meanwhile, the Welfare Party finished first in a close national election, and Erbakan became the country's first Islamist prime minister in 1996. With his rhetorical cannons firing away, he declared Turkish politics a pitiful imitation of the West and announced a campaign for worldwide Muslim solidarity. He overreached. After 12 months, the military forced him to resign.



There had long been differences between the younger party leaders, who came to be known as the modernists, and Erbakan and his men -- whom they called the Politburo. When Erbakan was ousted and subsequently banned from politics, the modernists had their opening. But first they had to withstand the legacy of Erbakan's radical provocations of the establishment, a crackdown that would pave the way for Erdogan's rise.



In December 1997, the Welfare Party sent Erdogan to a political rally in southeastern Siirt, an impoverished, religious district where his wife's family originated. On that day, as he had several times before, he recited a quatrain by Ziya Gokalp, an ideologue of Turkish nationalism:



 ''The mosques are our barracks,/the domes our helmets,/the minarets our bayonets,/ and the believers our soldiers.''

The guy who as mayor said "" ''Democracy is like a streetcar. When you come to your stop, you get off" ...  http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/11/magazine/the-erdogan-experiment.html?pagewanted=all  ...  now has the last obstacles out of the way to  change the constitution to protect fundamentalism instead of secularism



He's now able to step off the streetcar (democracy) - The Khaliph has arrived



Ataturk's 100 year old secular constitution with its built in military protection for secularism is gone, it is totally dead now .. in large part made easy because the population has steadily become much  more fundamentalist



One more step / win for islamic fundamentalism that has been markedly on the rise for a couple of decades now "everywhere" throughout the world ....



and yes, I said and meant "everywhere"

Quote from: "Herman"Some things I read this morning about Erdogan.



The government threat of further crackdowns raised concerns over the future of democracy in Turkey, which has long prided itself in its democratic and secular traditions despite being in a tumultuous region swept by con ict and extremism.



Before the weekend's chaos, Turkey — a NATO member and key Western ally in the fight against Islamic State — had been wracked by political turmoil that critics blamed on Erdogan's increasingly authoritarian rule.



He has shaken up the government, cracked down on dissidents, restricted the news media and renewed fighting with Kurdish rebels

QuoteBoris Johnson has won a £1,000 prize for a rude poem about the Turkish president having sex with a goat.



The former mayor of London's limerick, published by the Spectator as a rebuff to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's efforts to prosecute a German comedian's offensive poem, also calls the president a "wankerer".



Johnson, a former editor of the magazine, won the Spectator's "President Erdoğan offensive poetry competition", despite judge Douglas Murray saying the contest had received thousands of entries. The prize money has been donated by a reader.



The limerick was written off-the-cuff by the Conservative MP during an interview with the Swiss weekly magazine Die Weltwoche.



Johnson – whose great-grandfather was Turkish – called it "a scandal" that a German court had granted an injunction to prevent comedian Jan Böhmermann repeating his offensive skit about the Turkish president.



Johnson then offered the limerick: "There was a young fellow from Ankara, Who was a terrific wankerer.



"Till he sowed his wild oats, With the help of a goat, But he didn't even stop to thankera."



The former mayor is reported to be surprised that his efforts were officially entered into the competition.

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/may/19/boris-johnson-wins-most-offensive-erdogan-poem-competition

Quote from: "Twenty Dollars"I remember the night of the so called coup. This is what I saw on CNN. I know nothing of that country, nor do I care to. A bunch of over weight Muslim men with shiny sweaty foreheads running around like they knew what was happening. Judging by their actions. No one had a clue. Then to hear Erdogon speak a few days later. Screaming, yelling, pointing the finger. Sounds like the guy has lung cancer. Turkey must be some cool place? The whole thing looked like more of a joke than the Republican Convention. Never really knew any Turks.  I do rember Solotso the Turk in the God Father. A sketchy  two faced character.

Quote from: "Twenty Dollars"I remember the night of the so called coup. This is what I saw on CNN. I know nothing of that country, nor do I care to. A bunch of over weight Muslim men with shiny sweaty foreheads running around like they knew what was happening. Judging by their actions. No one had a clue. Then to hear Erdogon speak a few days later. Screaming, yelling, pointing the finger. Sounds like the guy has lung cancer. Turkey must be some cool place? The whole thing looked like more of a joke than the Republican Convention. Never really knew any Turks.  I do rember Solotso the Turk in the God Father. A sketchy  two faced character.

Quote from: "Herman"

Quote from: "Twenty Dollars"I remember the night of the so called coup. This is what I saw on CNN. I know nothing of that country, nor do I care to. A bunch of over weight Muslim men with shiny sweaty foreheads running around like they knew what was happening. Judging by their actions. No one had a clue. Then to hear Erdogon speak a few days later. Screaming, yelling, pointing the finger. Sounds like the guy has lung cancer. Turkey must be some cool place? The whole thing looked like more of a joke than the Republican Convention. Never really knew any Turks.  I do rember Solotso the Turk in the God Father. A sketchy  two faced character.

Turkey was a powerful empire. They are critically important to Western security. Islamists would like nothing better than to see this militarily powerful sunni majority nation lose all of it's secular character.



And so you know; the character from the Godfather that you mentioned was an Italian-American, not a Turk. :001_rolleyes:

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Quote from: "Twenty Dollars"I remember the night of the so called coup. This is what I saw on CNN. I know nothing of that country, nor do I care to. A bunch of over weight Muslim men with shiny sweaty foreheads running around like they knew what was happening. Judging by their actions. No one had a clue. Then to hear Erdogon speak a few days later. Screaming, yelling, pointing the finger. Sounds like the guy has lung cancer. Turkey must be some cool place? The whole thing looked like more of a joke than the Republican Convention. Never really knew any Turks.  I do rember Solotso the Turk in the God Father. A sketchy  two faced character.

That is a lot of stupidity packed in this post.

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Quote from: "Twenty Dollars"I remember the night of the so called coup. This is what I saw on CNN. I know nothing of that country, nor do I care to. A bunch of over weight Muslim men with shiny sweaty foreheads running around like they knew what was happening. Judging by their actions. No one had a clue. Then to hear Erdogon speak a few days later. Screaming, yelling, pointing the finger. Sounds like the guy has lung cancer. Turkey must be some cool place? The whole thing looked like more of a joke than the Republican Convention. Never really knew any Turks.  I do rember Solotso the Turk in the God Father. A sketchy  two faced character.

That is a lot of stupidity packed in this post.

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Quote from: "iron horse jockey"

Quote from: "Twenty Dollars"I remember the night of the so called coup. This is what I saw on CNN. I know nothing of that country, nor do I care to. A bunch of over weight Muslim men with shiny sweaty foreheads running around like they knew what was happening. Judging by their actions. No one had a clue. Then to hear Erdogon speak a few days later. Screaming, yelling, pointing the finger. Sounds like the guy has lung cancer. Turkey must be some cool place? The whole thing looked like more of a joke than the Republican Convention. Never really knew any Turks.  I do rember Solotso the Turk in the God Father. A sketchy  two faced character.

That is a lot of stupidity packed in this post.

Understatement of the year.



I find it ironic and kind of amusing how TP accuses others of not having a clue.



Talk about unintentional projection. ac_toofunny

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Quote from: "Twenty Dollars"I remember the night of the so called coup. This is what I saw on CNN. I know nothing of that country, nor do I care to. A bunch of over weight Muslim men with shiny sweaty foreheads running around like they knew what was happening. Judging by their actions. No one had a clue. Then to hear Erdogon speak a few days later. Screaming, yelling, pointing the finger. Sounds like the guy has lung cancer. Turkey must be some cool place? The whole thing looked like more of a joke than the Republican Convention. Never really knew any Turks.  I do rember Solotso the Turk in the God Father. A sketchy  two faced character.

That is a lot of stupidity packed in this post.

Understatement of the year.



I find it ironic and kind of amusing how TP accuses others of not having a clue.



Talk about unintentional projection. ac_toofunny

I am trying to discipline myself to not to read any of this ignorant fool's posts.

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Quote from: "iron horse jockey"

Quote from: "Twenty Dollars"I remember the night of the so called coup. This is what I saw on CNN. I know nothing of that country, nor do I care to. A bunch of over weight Muslim men with shiny sweaty foreheads running around like they knew what was happening. Judging by their actions. No one had a clue. Then to hear Erdogon speak a few days later. Screaming, yelling, pointing the finger. Sounds like the guy has lung cancer. Turkey must be some cool place? The whole thing looked like more of a joke than the Republican Convention. Never really knew any Turks.  I do rember Solotso the Turk in the God Father. A sketchy  two faced character.

That is a lot of stupidity packed in this post.

Understatement of the year.



I find it ironic and kind of amusing how TP accuses others of not having a clue.



Talk about unintentional projection. ac_toofunny

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Quote from: "Renee"

Quote from: "iron horse jockey"

Quote from: "Twenty Dollars"I remember the night of the so called coup. This is what I saw on CNN. I know nothing of that country, nor do I care to. A bunch of over weight Muslim men with shiny sweaty foreheads running around like they knew what was happening. Judging by their actions. No one had a clue. Then to hear Erdogon speak a few days later. Screaming, yelling, pointing the finger. Sounds like the guy has lung cancer. Turkey must be some cool place? The whole thing looked like more of a joke than the Republican Convention. Never really knew any Turks.  I do rember Solotso the Turk in the God Father. A sketchy  two faced character.

That is a lot of stupidity packed in this post.

Understatement of the year.



I find it ironic and kind of amusing how TP accuses others of not having a clue.



Talk about unintentional projection. ac_toofunny

curious how the job seeker would describe the event? By the way, any luck?

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Quote from: "iron horse jockey"

Quote from: "Twenty Dollars"I remember the night of the so called coup. This is what I saw on CNN. I know nothing of that country, nor do I care to. A bunch of over weight Muslim men with shiny sweaty foreheads running around like they knew what was happening. Judging by their actions. No one had a clue. Then to hear Erdogon speak a few days later. Screaming, yelling, pointing the finger. Sounds like the guy has lung cancer. Turkey must be some cool place? The whole thing looked like more of a joke than the Republican Convention. Never really knew any Turks.  I do rember Solotso the Turk in the God Father. A sketchy  two faced character.

That is a lot of stupidity packed in this post.

Understatement of the year.



I find it ironic and kind of amusing how TP accuses others of not having a clue.



Talk about unintentional projection. ac_toofunny

I am trying to discipline myself to not to read any of this ignorant fool's posts.

I know the girls have expectations. Try being a man instead of a cheese ball. Don't like what I post put me on ignore. Scared little man

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Quote from: "Twenty Dollars"I remember the night of the so called coup. This is what I saw on CNN. I know nothing of that country, nor do I care to. A bunch of over weight Muslim men with shiny sweaty foreheads running around like they knew what was happening. Judging by their actions. No one had a clue. Then to hear Erdogon speak a few days later. Screaming, yelling, pointing the finger. Sounds like the guy has lung cancer. Turkey must be some cool place? The whole thing looked like more of a joke than the Republican Convention. Never really knew any Turks.  I do rember Solotso the Turk in the God Father. A sketchy  two faced character.

That is a lot of stupidity packed in this post.

Understatement of the year.



I find it ironic and kind of amusing how TP accuses others of not having a clue.



Talk about unintentional projection. ac_toofunny

curious how the job seeker would describe the event? By the way, any luck?

Do you ever make any sense? Do you have any clue as to what's going on....ever?



I don't think you do. :nea:

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Quote from: "Twenty Dollars"I remember the night of the so called coup. This is what I saw on CNN. I know nothing of that country, nor do I care to. A bunch of over weight Muslim men with shiny sweaty foreheads running around like they knew what was happening. Judging by their actions. No one had a clue. Then to hear Erdogon speak a few days later. Screaming, yelling, pointing the finger. Sounds like the guy has lung cancer. Turkey must be some cool place? The whole thing looked like more of a joke than the Republican Convention. Never really knew any Turks.  I do rember Solotso the Turk in the God Father. A sketchy  two faced character.

That is a lot of stupidity packed in this post.

Understatement of the year.



I find it ironic and kind of amusing how TP accuses others of not having a clue.



Talk about unintentional projection. ac_toofunny

curious how the job seeker would describe the event? By the way, any luck?

Do you ever make any sense? Do you have any clue as to what's going on....ever?



I don't think you do. :nea:

Real good at accounting. Like counting my $$$. You never answered my question?