Turkey regularly has military coups. Seems to be how the country is run.

The military has released a nice statement. Whether it is true and will remain true...

https://www.buzzfeed.com/jimdalrympleii/violence-erupts-in-turkish-capital?utm_term=.kwev0AK1W#.cvV8q4BOV

Turkish Armed Forces have completely taken over the administration of the country to reinstate constitutional order, human rights and freedoms, the rule of law and the general security that was damaged,” the statement annonced. “All international agreements are still valid. We hope that all of our good relationships with all countries will continue.”

This is really interesting to see. I think I'm rooting for the military here, but it sounds like we don't know much yet.

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Anonymous wrote:The end of Erdogan? What happens next?

This isn't too promising for him.

President Recep Erdogan is reportedly on vacation in the southern Turkish resort town of Bodrum. His status is currently unknown.

Why is there a president and a prime minister? What are their functions?

The politics of Turkey takes place in a framework of a secular parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Turkey is the head of government, and the President of Turkey is the head of state who holds a largely ceremonial role with substantial reserve powers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Turkey

It's like Germany.

Except backwards, since Turkey's president appears to have most of the power (whether he was originally supposed to or not) and no one has ever heard of Joachim Gauck.

I don't know how to feel about this news. I loathe Erdogan, but this is not a good time for Turkey to be destabilized.

PP here. Right.

My sentiments, exactly.

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Anonymous wrote:The end of Erdogan? What happens next?

This isn't too promising for him.

President Recep Erdogan is reportedly on vacation in the southern Turkish resort town of Bodrum. His status is currently unknown.

Why is there a president and a prime minister? What are their functions?

The politics of Turkey takes place in a framework of a secular parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Turkey is the head of government, and the President of Turkey is the head of state who holds a largely ceremonial role with substantial reserve powers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Turkey

It's like Germany.

Except backwards, since Turkey's president appears to have most of the power (whether he was originally supposed to or not) and no one has ever heard of Joachim Gauck.

I don't know how to feel about this news. I loathe Erdogan, but this is not a good time for Turkey to be destabilized.

Anonymous wrote:Now the military says the coup was successful....

Is this a good coup or a bad coup? Why are they blocking the bridges?

Now the military says the coup was successful....

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The end of Erdogan? What happens next?

This isn't too promising for him.

President Recep Erdogan is reportedly on vacation in the southern Turkish resort town of Bodrum. His status is currently unknown.

Why is there a president and a prime minister? What are their functions?

The politics of Turkey takes place in a framework of a secular parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Turkey is the head of government, and the President of Turkey is the head of state who holds a largely ceremonial role with substantial reserve powers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Turkey

It's like Germany.

CNN reported that a Turkish reporter said that he (Erdogan) had not been heard from in six days. I see another alert saying he was safely taken somewhere. What is going on?

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Anonymous wrote:The end of Erdogan? What happens next?

This isn't too promising for him.

President Recep Erdogan is reportedly on vacation in the southern Turkish resort town of Bodrum. His status is currently unknown.

Why is there a president and a prime minister? What are their functions?

Anonymous wrote:The end of Erdogan? What happens next?

This isn't too promising for him.

President Recep Erdogan is reportedly on vacation in the southern Turkish resort town of Bodrum. His status is currently unknown.

Of course he would say it's illegal. Doesn't mean they haven't been successful

The military says they've succeeded in overthrowing the government. The PM says it is illegal.

https://www.rt.com/news/351343-turkey-coup-military-attempt/

The end of Erdogan? What happens next?

I just saw the breaking news on the WaPo page. What is going on over there?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/turkeys-prime-minister-says-military-attempted-coup-against-government/2016/07/15/1709b04a-4ac6-11e6-8dac-0c6e4accc5b1_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_no-name%3Apage%2Fbreaking-news-bar&tid=a_breakingnews

In other news of the world falling apart...

Prime Minister Binali Yildirim appeared on live television to say that members of the military had tried to overthrow the government and that they would pay a heavy price...

Turkish troops closed off two major bridges over the Bosphorus Strait. Television footage showed military tanks outside Istanbul’s Ataturk International Airport. Jets flew low over Ankara, witnesses said.

The coup attempt marks a stunning attempt to seize power from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the powerful Turkish leader who has effectively ruled the country since his Islamist-leaning political party took control of the country in 2002.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/turkish-prime-minister-reports-coup-attempt-1468613584