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whoflungpoop
Sep 9, 2004

With you and the constellations
turkey military, w erdrogans head: turns out he wasnt the bosporus

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Lawrence Gilchrist
Mar 31, 2010

i like how this thread had ten posts before the posting brigade got kicked out of kumo's thread

Lucy Heartfilia
May 31, 2012


rear end cobra posted:

What was so good about 2014 I dont even remember 2014

terrorist attacks? i bet it was terrorist attacks

Immortan
Jun 6, 2015

by Shine
Erdogen is a piece of poo poo but I don't want him ousted. See: Iraq, Syria, Libya, etc.

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
---------------------------->

rear end cobra posted:

Erdogone hehe

whoa

DOMELORD420
Dec 28, 2000

kindermord posted:

i remember back before 9/11 how there would be "slow news days" several times a week

back in the good old days when the media simply ignored world wide violence instead of covering in painstaking, boner-stroking detail.

Ibogaine
Aug 11, 2015
https://twitter.com/ReutersWorld/status/754047167841665024

:suspense:

VectorSigma
Jan 20, 2004

Transform
and
Freak Out



so is it world wor 3 yet

Kainser
Apr 27, 2010

O'er the sea from the north
there sails a ship
With the people of Hel
at the helm stands Loki
After the wolf
do wild men follow
Really thought Turkey was past this, huh.

Is greece having a coup next?

Moridin920
Nov 15, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

Immortan posted:

Erdogen is a piece of poo poo but I don't want him ousted. See: Iraq, Syria, Libya, etc.

agreed

Crowsbeak
Oct 9, 2012

by Azathoth
Lipstick Apathy

Fojar38 posted:

all the cool poo poo is in constantinople don't worry

I mean the Ottoman copied most of their poo poo, but I think they had some nice aesthetic innovation, any pre ottoman Islamic stuff though can suck it.

ass cobra
May 28, 2004

by Azathoth
I'll be sitting WW3 out fyi

GolfHole
Feb 26, 2004

on july 5th, a helicopter crashed killing 7 top turkish military officials

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-crash-idUSKCN0ZL1ZR

theres no way this isnt related

NihilismNow
Aug 31, 2003

rear end cobra posted:

What was so good about 2014 I dont even remember 2014

Summer 2014 had Rise of ISIS, Ebola, Ukraine conflict and of course annual Greece bankruptcy scare, MH370, MH17.

Immortan
Jun 6, 2015

by Shine
Reminder that this is the country that Merkel wants to join the EU. :laffo:

pathetic little tramp
Dec 12, 2005

by Hillary Clinton's assassins
Fallen Rib

Tries to say something else but mouth quickly fills up with blood.

TyrantWD
Nov 6, 2010
Ignore my doomerism, I don't think better things are possible
It's somewhat thrilling being able to witness a military coup of a developed, first world nation take place in real time.

pathetic little tramp
Dec 12, 2005

by Hillary Clinton's assassins
Fallen Rib

Kainser posted:

Really thought Turkey was past this, huh.

Is greece having a coup next?

No but now maybe northern Cyprus will declare independence!

ass cobra
May 28, 2004

by Azathoth

Immortan posted:

Reminder that this is the country that Merkel wants to join the EU. :laffo:

I'd let them in if this succeeds

Lime Tonics
Nov 7, 2015

by FactsAreUseless
Tanks now guarding all bridges.

Moridin920
Nov 15, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
looks like the internet in Ankara has been cut and they're trying to disrupt social media as well

pathetic little tramp
Dec 12, 2005

by Hillary Clinton's assassins
Fallen Rib
Obama c'mon help out with some airstrikes buddy you know you wanna

Lucy Heartfilia
May 31, 2012


was planning to lose some ranks in overwatch
but now im refreshing loving gbs

i hope they are sucfesdful otherwise my lost overwatch tine is wasted

No. 6
Jun 30, 2002

Looks like the Turkey has flown the coup. :smug:

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
---------------------------->

TyrantWD posted:

It's somewhat thrilling being able to witness a military coup of a developed, first world nation take place in real time.

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

Moridin920
Nov 15, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
^^^ yeah that's some hella lol

No. 6 posted:

Looks like the Turkey has flown the coup. :smug:

ayyyy

ass cobra
May 28, 2004

by Azathoth

TyrantWD posted:

It's somewhat thrilling being able to witness a military coup of a developed, first world nation take place in real time.

:agreed: except the first world part

Crowsbeak
Oct 9, 2012

by Azathoth
Lipstick Apathy

pathetic little tramp posted:

No but now maybe northern Cyprus will declare independence!

Actually when Erdogan was in power North Cyprus was electing people calling for reunification with the rest of the nation. Thats how much they hated him.

Lime Tonics
Nov 7, 2015

by FactsAreUseless
The jets flying around are from the coup attempt. More are taken.

reallivedinosaur
Jun 13, 2012

Ogdober subrise! XDDD

FuhrerHat posted:

on july 5th, a helicopter crashed killing 7 top turkish military officials

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-crash-idUSKCN0ZL1ZR

theres no way this isnt related

turkeys cant fly

Ibogaine
Aug 11, 2015
Holy gently caress, it's really happening.

https://twitter.com/ReutersWorld/status/754049284203511811

Hector Beerlioz
Jun 16, 2010

aw, hec

No. 6 posted:

Looks like the Turkey has flown the coup. :smug:

jajajaja

TyrantWD
Nov 6, 2010
Ignore my doomerism, I don't think better things are possible

Fojar38 posted:

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

More developed than some random African country like Chad.

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
---------------------------->

No. 6 posted:

Looks like the Turkey has flown the coup. :smug:

:vince:

ass cobra
May 28, 2004

by Azathoth
I need to go out and drink some beers please hurry up Turkish military heroes

OMG JC a Bomb!
Jul 13, 2004

We are the Invisible Spatula. We are the Grilluminati. We eat before and after dinner. We eat forever. And eventually... eventually we will lead them into the dining room.

Neat. :c00l:

Moridin920
Nov 15, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
Anyone here know anything about Turkey? how likely is it that 'security forces' are going to be able to stop this?

pathetic little tramp
Dec 12, 2005

by Hillary Clinton's assassins
Fallen Rib

TyrantWD posted:

It's somewhat thrilling being able to witness a military coup of a developed, first world nation take place in real time.

Seriously, and the post-modern coup was loving boring. This one looks like a fuckemup coup.

AugmentedVision
Feb 17, 2011

by exmarx

Mavis Beacon Boi posted:

Erdogan sucks and is moving the country away from "good ally" to "daesh is misunderstood" territory.

Thanks for clearing that up

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Horniest Manticore
Nov 23, 2013

Hello, you!
Lipstick Apathy
the religion of peace strikes again

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