What religion do you suppose the majority of the army practices?Dr Winston O'Boogie;1803357 wrote:I am rooting for the army. They are fighting against the incumbent party which is a Religion of Peace party. Knocking the Religion of Peacers out of power anywhere is a good thing. They can go practice their sick religion somewhere else.
Pretty much this, but supposedly their leader is a complete schmuck jailing people for disagreeing with him so I guess I'll "root" for the military.sleeper;1803359 wrote:Turkey is an irrelevant country. I don't care what happens to it.
Turkey is a secular country, so if they are trying to take down the current regime I assume they are at least trying to take down the theocratic policies. I talked to my mom (Turkish), and she seems pretty happy about this. Hopefully my family members in Turkey are safe though.FatHobbit;1803358 wrote:What religion do you suppose the majority of the army practices?
That's interesting. When I hear military coup, I don't usually think it's a good thing for the people. I know Turkey has supported us in our conflicts in that region, but that's about it.like_that;1803361 wrote:Turkey is a secular country, so if they are trying to take down the current regime I assume they are at least trying to take down the theocratic policies. I talked to my mom (Turkish), and she seems pretty happy about this. Hopefully my family members in Turkey are safe though.
Thanks. They seem fine with the coup as well (so far). This isn't the first one they have lived thru. My mom went through 2 when she lived there and apparently my grandfather was arrested.FatHobbit;1803362 wrote:That's interesting. When I hear military coup, I don't usually think it's a good thing for the people. I know Turkey has supported us in our conflicts in that region, but that's about it.
I hope your family is safe too.
It was done in Egypt to remove a democratically elected Islamist government.FatHobbit;1803362 wrote:That's interesting. When I hear military coup, I don't usually think it's a good thing for the people. I know Turkey has supported us in our conflicts in that region, but that's about it.
Yep. A failed coup is worse than no coup.majorspark;1803369 wrote:If the coup fails President Erdogan is going to be able to grasp more power than he ever dreamed of.
So it's small groups within the military doing all of this? Technically, the Turkish military doesn't support the coup?Some military figures spoke out against a coup, including the commander of the First Army, Gen. Umit Guler, who issued a statement, carried by a pro-government news channel, saying, “The armed forces do not support this movement comprised of a small group within our ranks.”
Dont they have like 60 or so nukes?sleeper;1803359 wrote:Turkey is an irrelevant country. I don't care what happens to it.
SMH. That's just ignorance.sleeper;1803359 wrote:Turkey is an irrelevant country. I don't care what happens to it.
They're Muslim, but at least the military in Turkey has a secular culture and tradition. No matter, the coup has failed and the everyday Muslims are doing what they do best: torturing and beheading soldiers that have been arrested. An opportunity lost.FatHobbit;1803358 wrote:What religion do you suppose the majority of the army practices?