By Gordon Duff, Senior Editor on
July 15, 2016
We have
suspected for some time that there was a great deal of discontent among the
Turkish military due to the belligerent foreign policies and support of ISIS by
Erdogan
This
is a current event, happening right now as I write, so details are a bit
sketchy but the basic narrative seems clear – the Turkish military, or perhaps
a faction within it, has launched an uprising against the Erdogan regime.
Gunfire
Heard in Turkish Capital; Military Jets, Helicopters Seen Overhead
Update
6:10 pm EST from Sputnik …
Jim Dean
America’s
leading NATO ally in the Middle East has fractured into pieces following an
apparently successful military coup to “restore the rule of law and democracy.”
Controversial
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appears to have lost control of Turkey
with military forces seizing control of the state sponsored
television station saying that they were forced to seize control due
to what they view as dictatorial mandates by the country’s
leader.
Calling
themselves a “Peace Council” on the TRT news station, the military forces
have declared that they will be announcing the country’s new constitution
shortly that will provide robust protections for human rights and the rule
of law while laying out a transition towards democratic rule.
The Turkish
military conducted the coup on Friday evening with initial reports
indicating gunfire had broken out in Istanbul and Ankara while tanks and
F-16s had been deployed in an apparent attempt to put down the
military coup.
Turkey’s Prime
Minister Binali Yildirim says that the government remains in control and
that the coup participants will “pay dearly,” but reporting on the
ground by the RIA news agency corroborated by the AFP indicates that
the country’s President Erdogan is in a mad scramble to escape the
country via the Ataturk International Airport.
The Turkish military said that they will be reading the new constitution over television in the hours to come.
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Update
5:40 pm EST
Erdogan
has made a statement live from a hotel in the mediterranean holiday resort of
Marmaris: (machine translation from Turkish)
Marmaris;
the Grand Yazici Mares Hotel in a statement that President Erdogan “You know
have been approached structure is focused team. To be overcome in this. All the
people in airports, challenge, I’m waiting on the street. We will overcome in
this. Our nation get comfortable. It has made the necessary statement of Prime
Minister ., including the police involved, we will punish most severely, “he
said.
Erdogan
said: I am my country at the moment the President telling what that very
clearly, all members of the party of which I am the founder, as well as
national constituting will Cumhurun I invite you to challenge him our
particular cities and squares of our cities, we will be hand in hand with our
people and the need for those who dare course there We’ll give. This I believe
to be successful coup.
Today,
this development is moving really attempt unfortunately a minority in our Armed
Forces. of this known structure, it encourages parallel restructuring, a move
that top minds in their use. Our country, unity, togetherness, unity, I believe
for the movement against this nation will give them a good answer will receive
the necessary punishment.
Turkey
is not a country to be sold cheaply at a time such uprisings and Pennsylvania
than in a country that is not managed.
Updates:
5:30 pm EST… Gordon
Hurriyet
Daily News reports that Erdogan was flown out of Ankara airport, current
whereabouts unknown
Ankara
airport is closed, tanks are parked in front of the terminal.
The state-run Anadolu Agency is reporting that Chief of General Staff Hulusi Akar is being kept as a hostage with a group.
President
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
is expected to make a statement, broadcaster CNNTürk said.
A
CNNTürk reporter said a helicopter shot at the General Staff headquarters in
Ankara.
CNNTürk
reported that two buses full of soldiers entered the headquarters of the
state-run TRT in Ankara. Channels
started to broadcast weather forecast only.
Turkish
prime minister confirms coup attempt. Russian press confirms military in
control. Syrian government confirms military in control in Istanbul, no
report from Ankara. Erbil reports shock in Kurdish region.
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Gunfire has
been heard in the Turkish capital, and there are reports of unusual military
activity, with a military chopper opening fire near the national intelligence
headquarters.
On Friday,
gunshots broke out in the Turkish capital of Ankara
with witnesses saying that military jets and helicopters could be seen
flying overhead. There has also been military helicopters spotted overhead
in Turkey’s largest city Istanbul according to Reuters.
There are also
multiple reports of a large military operation, with soldiers
deployed in Hatay Province.
Turkish Prime
Minister Yildirim has stressed that nothing will harm Turkish democracy, while
also adding that the military action is being taken without the proper
chain of command.
All police and
security forces personnel in Ankara have been told to report in, and
reports indicate that military personnel are disarming regular police forces
in Ankara and Istanbul.
Bridges
over the Bosphorus in Istanbul have also reportedly been closed
by Turkish military police.
Tanks have
also been reported in Istanbul.
Sources
indicate that Facebook and Twitter have been blocked in Ankara. The
Turkish prime minister has confirmed that an unauthorized campaign
of military violence has been undertaken against the government
with some calling it a coup.
A gunfight has
now broken out in front of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s palace.
Turkish
military has now released a statement saying that they have seized control
of the government.
The Turkish
military has taken to television to say that the “power of the
country has been seized in its entirety” and that the Turkey’s leadership
have been detained by the troops which conflicts with official
statements by the government saying that President Erdogan is in a
safe location.
All flights
in and out of Turkey’s Ataturk Airport have been cancelled according
to Reuters.
DETAILS
TO FOLLOW
We have little
word from Ankara of events there, not least because Both Twitter and Facebook
have been blocked.
Doğan News Agency have reported that all police personnel
have been ordered to report for duty and there are reports of gunfire being
heard and jets flying low over the city.
However,
Istanbul is in complete lockdown, military units are on the streets in large
numbers, all bridges across the Bosphorus are blocked by Gendarmerie and a
curfew is in place.
In a phone
call to broadcaster NTV, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said that
Turkey is facing an uprising attempt from inside the army.
“This
cannot be called a coup for the moment. This is an uprising,” he said.
This denial of
a coup rings hollow to me, Erdogan is the de facto dictator of Turkey so any
‘uprising’ must surely be seen as a coup against the Erdogan regime.
We expect a
harsh response from the forces loyal to Erdogan, and PM Yildirim as much as
said so:
“The
security forces are in action against this. We will punish it the hardest way”
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