MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Military coup fails in Turkey; people take to the streets and expose a divided Army
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan battled to regain control over Turkey Saturday after a coup bid by discontented soldiers, as signs grew that the most serious challenge to his 13 years of dominant rule was faltering. After hours of chaos and violence unseen in decades, Erdogan ended uncertainty over his whereabouts, flying into Istanbul airport in the early hours and making a defiant speech cheered by hundreds of supporters. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesAtaturk left Turkey a secular country in the midst of a sea of bat-shit mad Muslim neighbours. Result: peace apart from Muslim parliaments suppressing citizens rights in the name of Allah, piss and crap be upon him.
Jul 16th, 2016 - 11:44 am - Link - Report abuse 0The present cretin should have been hung in front of the so called 'parliament' as a sign that normality was to be restored and that women were once more to be recognized as having a vital role to play in society.
Another reason to block Turkey from membership of the EU.
Chris Bryant thinks it was all the fault of Brexit,
Jul 16th, 2016 - 12:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0David lammy, wants another referendum,
others think Nice was a result of British withdrawal,
what a sad world we live in today, when a simple referendum for ones freedom , is blames for the worlds ills.
Hey...wasn't the UK keen to have Turkey in the EU...
Jul 17th, 2016 - 12:09 am - Link - Report abuse 0How well would that have worked...
4 @ voice
Jul 17th, 2016 - 09:13 am - Link - Report abuse 0Camoron was keen to have Turkey in the Eu not the U.K.
@3 & 4
Jul 17th, 2016 - 12:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0More like Cameron wanted Turkey to reform and was using EU membership as a carrot. They first applied to join in 1987 anyway so it's not exactly a pressing issue.
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