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originally posted by: hillbilly4rent
a reply to: DerBeobachter
Per FOX news the coup attempt has failed. Don't shoot the messenger.
originally posted by: hillbilly4rent
a reply to: DerBeobachter
Per FOX news the coup attempt has failed. Don't shoot the messenger.
originally posted by: hillbilly4rent
a reply to: DerBeobachter
Per FOX news the coup attempt has failed. Don't shoot the messenger.
Turkey’s military leaders, in the face of rising speculation at home and abroad, took the extraordinary step last week of denying plans for a coup. But with domestic turmoil, a rising terrorist threat, chaos in the region and a history of military interventions in Ankara, the denials haven’t quieted buzz from Washington.
Turkish generals have intervened in the political process four times since 1960 in response to rising political and security tensions, the last time in 1997.
But some see Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan using even the rumors of a military takeover as a way to consolidate his already growing powers and curb political dissent.
originally posted by: Jansy
a reply to: hillbilly4rent
Then why is the Erdobird flying?? Is he flying?
Hard to know what's going one when Turkey doesn't know what's going on......can't wait to get home and turn on the telly...
The Gülen movement is a transnational religious and social movement led by Turkish Islamic scholar and preacher Fethullah Gülen, who now resides in the United States.[1] The movement has no official name but it is usually referred to as Hizmet ("the Service") by its followers and as Cemaat ("the Community/Assembly") by the broader public in Turkey.
The movement has attracted supporters and critics in Turkey, Central Asia, and in other parts of the world. The movement is active in education with private schools and universities in over 180 countries as well as many American charter schools operated by followers. It has initiated forums for interfaith dialogue. It has substantial investments in media, finance, and for-profit health clinics.[2][3] Some have praised the movement as a pacifist, modern-oriented version of Islam, and as an alternative to more extreme schools of Islam such as Salafism.[4]