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Turkish military coup attempt.
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Now this is scary , never been as always went to Cyprus but wouldn't choose it now x
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Been loads and speak a bit of lingo, scary yes but the president takes no shit and if IS think they can take his country then it will be their downfall I'm my eyes.
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beautiful country, lovely people so glad to see this morning that the coup seems to have failed.
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Another place where tourism will fall off along with Egypt & Tunisia x
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They want to live in past and drag us with them. Ban all religion, biggest cause of trouble ever, crack pots the whole lot of themzdeekie wrote:Another place where tourism will fall off along with Egypt & Tunisia x
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Turkey has prided itself over the years at being a secular state. Erdogan is a strong Islamist who wants to create an autocratic Sharia based state. He is already shutting down independent media and turning the presidency from ceremonial to all powerful. The are 2 reasons the Western leaders want the coup to fail. 1. Turkey are frontline against the shite going on in middle east and 2. they are the ones taking in the vast majority of refugees . I'm not a fan of military coups but can't help but feel that this would have been one of the better ones.
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I have many Friends in Cyprus that fled from Turkey & had to leave everything behind & start again , buisness , houses , land all possessions . The life they had meant I never had the inclination to go there anyway .
I see now Brutish Airways have stopped all flights going into Turkey x
I see now Brutish Airways have stopped all flights going into Turkey x
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I agree completely Carol. It's pretty much the same reason I have never gone. I'm just afraid that Erdogan is an Islamist fundamental version of Putin.zdeekie wrote:I have many Friends in Cyprus that fled from Turkey & had to leave everything behind & start again , buisness , houses , land all possessions . The life they had meant I never had the inclination to go there anyway .
I see now Brutish Airways have stopped all flights going into Turkey x
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Muslim country, stay out of it, let them live like they want to, don't they owe the eu tons of money
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Thats just it Reg, it wasn't a Muslim run country until this guy got elected.
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2,700 judges are fired because of alleged links to coup. How on earth could anyone know that so quickly? BBC News
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One of two a fake coup to better his cause or an is attemp and if the latter good he will take out is
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Mcqueen wrote:
I think I've deciphered it...
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"One of 2 possibilities, a fake coup to better his cause or a real coup and if it is the latter, then good because he can take out his enemies". 
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One of two reasons: a fake coup to better his cause or an IS attempt, and if the latter, then good, he will take out IS.
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3rdforum wrote:One of two reasons: a fake coup to better his cause or an IS attempt, and if the latter, then good, he will take out IS.
Yeah, this one!
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I hear he makes terrific sausages though! 
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