Turkey

[Kwacky]

Tanks on the streets, military jets flying over cities, bridges to main cities closed.

Sounds like the makings of a military coup

[duke63]

Rumours of a military coup in Turkey. Istanbul bridges blocked by military trucks and planes flying overhead.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36809083" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Kwacky]

Tanks on the street and explosions heard in the capital.

[Rossgo]

What is going on, why is this happening?

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[D41]

Been watching a bit of it....seems a coup, or at least an attempt at a coup, is under way. Still too early to tell what the outcome will be. The coverage is almost scary to watch.

Unstable country at best, and a gateway to all those nasty evil Arab countries. Who have oil. Which we like.

[Kwacky]

That didn't last long.

[Jack]

Don't understand how that failed .

[Perkles]

270 dead ,there seems to be no value on life anymore

[D41]

Indeed. And like as not there'll be numerous reprisals from all parties concerned for weeks if not months to come.

Reciprocity in it's lowest form.

[Kwacky]

It's the young army conscripts I feel for. They'll be the ones who get the brunt of the backlash.

[Perkles]

I see the yanks are get a bit ruffled by the Turks accusations towards them

[D41]

It's election time....it gets blown out of proportion a bit to intentionally deflect attention from internal issues, I suspect.

[Kwacky]

The reactions of the President after the coup seem to show why a coup was needed

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36843180" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Turkey has temporarily banned all academics from travelling abroad, officials say.

The move follows last week's failed coup and comes amid a wide-ranging purge of state employees.

More than 50,000 people have been rounded up, sacked or suspended, including about 21,000 teachers.

They're acting like Iran or Iraq. I can't see Europe wanting to be involved with a country like that with this guy in charge.

[Perkles]

and he wants a vote to bring back the death penalty

[D41]

The reactions of the President after the coup seem to show why a coup was needed

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36843180" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Turkey has temporarily banned all academics from travelling abroad, officials say.

The move follows last week's failed coup and comes amid a wide-ranging purge of state employees.

More than 50,000 people have been rounded up, sacked or suspended, including about 21,000 teachers.

They're acting like Iran or Iraq. I can't see Europe wanting to be involved with a country like that with this guy in charge.

Teachers is kind of an obvious one....close the schools as they will present a target. Sacked also, as those people will more than likely be immediately eligible for benefits....as opposed to if they walk off the job, where no/little benefits will be available. Their jobs will still be there, and they'll be the only one's who can do them. I'd expect to see more than a few take advantage of early retirement.

'Rounded up'???.....Where??

[Kwacky]

No idea. About 10,000 people are being detained. It's like a Junta. 3 months state of emergency and parliament being overridden.

[C00kiemonster]

No idea. About 10,000 people are being detained. It's like a Junta. 3 months state of emergency and parliament being overridden.

You wonder if the current leaders are using it all as an excuse and its played into their hands. And the Eu want this country to ultimately join the EU?

Could be a big east/west flashpoint tbh.

[Kwacky]

Some 100,000 people have been dismissed or suspended, 70,000 detained and 32,000 arrested: from teachers to soldiers, police to judges, aircraft pilots to journalists. Even the country's most famous baklava chef was interrogated. The depth of the purge is staggering.

It does sound good out there. Loads of schools and universities have been closed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37517735" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Deegee]

I seem to recall that in the French, Russian and Cambodian revolutions educated people were right at the top of the list of undesirables along with the rich, you can't spew out political/religious nonsense to educated people and expect them to believe it, keeping the masses ignorant is the easiest way to control them, Turkey or any other despot that comes along is no different to the despots throughout history.

[Kwacky]

Idea. History has shown that it's an effective way to snuff out dissent, is to take out the intelligent.