Having arrested those who were supposedly directly involved in the attempted coup, which at last count this morning amounted to over 6,000 individuals of which 3,000 members of the army (or less than 1% of Turkey's 315,000-strong forces) and the Turkish legal system, including judges and prosecutors. That Erdogan was so quick in assembling a list of enemies in the judicial branch, whose arrests started early on Saturday even before the coup was fully doused, is the clearest indication that Erdogan was not only prepared for the "coup", but its inevitable outcome.
The video below released by the government Anadolu Agency, shows Turkish police interrogate senior army officers allegedly involved in the failed coup.
[Video] Eski Hava Kuvvetleri Komutan? Öztürk ve di?er darbeci askerlerin sorgusu sürüyor https://t.co/jn71uEfXIKhttps://t.co/8njj2JpLyR
— ANADOLU AJANSI (@anadoluajansi) July 17, 2016
However, it was the next step that was the critical one: the one where Erdogan - having cracked down on his immediate military and legal opponents - took his crusade against everyone else, including the press and the educational system.
The first inkling of the upcoming "witch hunt" took place earlier today, when the Turkish police asked "citizens" to report those who support terrorism and crime. In other words, McCarthyism reborn, only this time the bogeyman is not communism.
Witch hunt galore. Turkish police asks “citizens” to report those who support terrorism & crime. pic.twitter.com/AHA8sKVOOQ
— ??????? ???????? ? (@oemoral) July 17, 2016
And then, just hours later, we found out that the first casualty of this expanded witch hunt was none other than a person who had absolutely no involvement in the coup: a former university record, whose only crime was being a government critic, who moments ago tweeted that he was being arrested.
Turkey's witch-hunt kicks off. Former university rector, a govt critic, tweets that he is being arrested. https://t.co/psgC3R31Ir
— Mahir Zeynalov (@MahirZeynalov) July 17, 2016
What happens next: an acceleration of the counter-putsch of course, with many more arrested, whose only crime is being guilty of criticizing the government.
The endgame is simple - it is shown in the "chart" below.
He may be a 'Monster', but he's "our" Monster.
For now. As long as he does our bidding.
(Remember Noriega, remember Saddam Hussein? They were our monsters also. Until they went rogue)
Didn't you hear yet? ... Erdogan has just been seen smootching with Putin ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tHdI5Yj8Jc
Erdogan is a political whore.
http://bit.ly/1SpGAhB
Merkel is the EU slut, she finds Islam so sexy.
watched about 45 mins, muted, on sky news early fri eve. thought i was watching folks happily walking to mich v osu; it was a party atmosphere.
? the Military springs a coup, yet these lemmings are all merrily absorbed in their mobile devices ? ? the 'military" left the internet wide open?
and ALL these folks just happened to have their star n cresecnt flags handy
the truly frightening re-realization for me is the extent to which Media is in the tank
Ergodan Administration, meet Clinton Administration
How can the top dog go rogue? He's the new Caliph of Europe.
As long as Erdogan doesn't start rounding up bankers, he'll be fine.
Au contraire.
Those behind the phony coup production have very much included the distancing of Ankara from Washington as one of the goals -and fringe benefits - of putting him back on his perch - with a collar. His rage against what he perceives as Obama betrayal last winter - neatly arranged by the faction in the US high ranks who proposed the Russian shoot down as a trouble free gambit - will be deliberately stoked. It is considered desirable for now that he continue to be perceived as "the strongman." Makes it easier for the real power running this place now to get on with the important stuff. No 'monster' that Erdie - he's all Golem - since 2012.
More importantly, the recent Warsaw NATO meetup announced the hand over of power there to new owners - the same follks who are running Erdie now - the removal of the longstanding Turkish veto against Israeli participation in the alliance gave the green light to a new ZATO -with US influence much diminished -except to pay some bills. Euros delighted, Erdie as well, Russia well satisfied. Oh, did I mention Russia - they're the other part of the team running Ankara now. A joint Israel-Russian operation. The real coup that is. Happened earlier this month. Nobody wanted to talk about it.
That fireworks thing yesterday was so much more exciting. To report that is!
Those links lead to the best journalism on point that I've read for many many moons. In the vein of Robert Fisk and John Pilger. Every so often, like a headlight through fog, someone with far superior insight and ability cuts through the constructed opacity of the MSM narrative to actually illuminate the taget subject. Thanks very much for the introduction. How did you find him/her?
Herr Adolf would approve.
I can't believe there were those who thought it was a real coup and the CIA was behind it and democracy triumphed. LMAO!!!
If the CIA was behind it he would be dead. If the Turkish military was behind it, he would be in prison like Morsi in Egypt.
Erdogan is a fucking faggot. Come kill me you low-rent piece of shit
This criminal witch-hunt from the guy whose family was marketing stolen oil from ISIS.
Toss a rock and hit a hypocrite.
From the article - Witch hunt galore. Turkish police asks “citizens” to report those who support terrorism & crime.
Ok, is that not what the US govt has been doing for a long time. The latest version is "See something, say something" There were even versions where kids were encouraged to turn in suspicious parents. And the version where the meter readers were used to snoop and report.
Another Islamic nut with an atomic bomb.
What can go wrong?
What can go wrong?
Don't worry. They've been practicing.
https://youtu.be/rWhvvnvvKLg
Everything will be fine. Nukes are self-correcting.
People don't make the same mistake twice.
Handing Turkey over to Daesh for the new HQ of their 'caliphate'?
Yes
One thing for sure, those rounded up are toast
nothin says luvin like infidels in the oven
Erdogan is the worst piece of shit I've seen in a long time. His fake coup supposingly done with 100 soldiers is laughable. He's doing it for total control.
It's the same in the US and western countries, the only difference is that this purge is done through money. Those who control the $$$ can buy any company, media, politician, lobbyist ...
The only difference is that you have many layers between those who have the control and the executants, thus making it more difficult to trace the upper layer.
With unlimited purshasing power, I predect that Central Banks will be in control of everything in the near future, first they will start to buy ETFs and stocks, after that they will appoint the chaiman and the companies executives and thus total control of the whole economy.
Bay of Pigs...
By they way BoP, chime in buddy ---
Perfect country to store 40 nukes.
Haven't these guys ever watched Thunderball
The US should recognize Kurdistan immediately and move air and land forces there.
Of course the gay muslim in the White House hasn't the intelligence to even think of doing it and Kerry is busy getting his 87th face-lift.
"The US should recognize Kurdistan immediately and move air and land forces there."
Why...? For what purpose...?
I'm thinking you are a dullard or a person that hopes for a weak US so that other, likely even more cruel forces can fill the void.
But I suppose that yours really is the question. Does the growing mass of morally impoverished, Kardashian-watching US welfare bum flower power effeminates have the critical mass to lead our country swilring down the global toilet or is there strength yet "to send an imperious challenge down through all the generations and give pause to the crueler and more wicked enemies." Pardon the Sir Walter Scott.
Glad I don't live in this Islamic hellhole
I can see Turkey follows the exact same path of Saddam.
I can see "letting" ISIS get all that crap at the air force base, forcing us to go in after them to, you know, save the world.
Do they make sideways straws long enough to drink middle east milkshake if the middle east is irradiated?
Not yet!
Turkey should be thrown out of NATO.
"begins arresting Gov't critics"
How long before Obama does likewise?
Well, there was that filmmaker...
OT:
Did an entire article and comments disappear??
Edit: I am now certain of it. Wonder how often that happens and I don't notice it.
Things are quite often Silversteined here. It happens for various reasons - some of them quite interesting.
You get used to it after a while. Sort of.
Sheeeit! Tweeting about the witch hunt will make you a candidate for the witch hunt.
Interesting times and all...
The Strongest Bond between Mankind is the Invisible Bond of shared peril...
Turkey is better than chicken. Leaner and lower sodium.
No surprise why he fought those videos, tweets, etc mocking him so much -- he needs an intact personality cult to maintain his grip. Long limericks.
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. - Boris Johnson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2e2yHjc_mc
Are Turks stupid enough not to see it was a fake coup attempt and that Erdogan was behind it?
Err, yes, if you put it that way.
The dazzling show was all custom made to take advantage of the long standing fear of these type of military takeovers. The last one was quite recent. There was HUGE symbolism in the goings on - stories of soldiers being tortured and killed in mosques, for instance. This is all about setting the stage for the Caliphate. In which the various social estates are all subordinate to the authority vested in the supreme religious and civil leader. Nobody in their right mind really wants that here - but it's not all that hard to put Turks out of their right mind.
All about spectacles. Death, destruction, even losing everything is fine - as long as it's "spectacular." Sort of like the Aksaray palace thing. It's impossible to overdue things here - which leaves a large measure for error; like yesterday.
It was not his coup.
Eitherway he did know, that it comes.
He let the stupidos, acting on behalf of CIA and Saudi Arabia, orchestrate the coupand he let them run against a wall.
After their crashed, he started the big purge.
This time he could escape CIA color revolution.
I have a feeling, that he should avoid a plane travel, if he does not want to die soon.
"Keep your head down", or, "I will just lay low", and "don't cause trouble". Its this kind of attitude that gives way to tyranny. The government must be kept in check and at all times. "Speak loud and speak often, even when your voice shakes." The government lives, and takes because we let it, not because we need it. This relationship, to the extent that the majority is thought to benefit, is unsustainable. There is nothing durable about a parasitic government - just ask Venezuela.
INcentives matter. Kill those and you kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. Why is this so difficult to understand?
Fuck Ergodan. He offers nothing but takes everything.
Socialism - taking everybody to the lowest common denominator - one asshat politician at a time.
Yep force is his only tool. If he had to reason with producers it would not go down this way.
This is how it would go down here if anyone was wondering. Oathtakers been putting lists together for decades of people that wont drink the koolaid. They dont care what koolaid you drink. They only care that you do drink some.
I like the stall thing best. A coup is really a bad idea. The debt stays and so does bankster controls. Not one honest person had any say in this. Thats how it goes when force is the only tool being used. No need to convince anyone when you can simply force everything on everyone. Now in the stall producers have a say. The way this went down producers had 0 input on any of it.
A global stall of the honest producers. Not the people that only use force to get what they want but earn the things they want and need without the use of force but reason.This is key.
Reason over force. The feral have but one tool and its force. That wont work with a global stall. They will have to reason with the honest this way. The real power lies with the ones that actually do everything that makes it all go.
Do it right and you wont have to do it twice. A concept all governments just wont grok. Aint fiat grand?
Think about that stall thing. Because reason is the good way to do the right thing. Force is a game we wont win. As history has shown many times. You cant best fiat in a bidding war. In barter world fiat dont stand a chance.
Reason over force! Reason over force! Reason over force! Reason over force!
The fire is out at the Recihstag Building. Now comes the camps.....
as predicted. who benefits from that farce of a coup...erdogan ofc, just another hitler 2bit dictator wannabe. pos doesnt even try to be original, just pulling pages from hitler's old playbook... boringly predictable.
Speaking of arresting government critics....
*knock knock*
BRB...someone's at the door. (afk)
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