"Exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen accused Recep Erdogan of staging the coup" Daily Mail

 

Speaking from his home, Gulen claimed democracy in Turkey could not be achieved through military action. 

He condemned the plot, although authorities in Ankara are not convinced.

He said: 'There is a slight chance, there is a possibility that it could be a staged coup. It could be meant for court accusations and associations.' 

He added: 'It appears that they have no tolerance for any movement, any group, any organisation that is not under their total control.'

 

"President Erdogan told a crowd chanting for the death penalty on Saturday that such demands may be discussed in parliament after a coup attempt by a faction in the military killed at least 161 people. 

Looking relaxed and smiling, giving an occasional thumbs up to his supporters in Istanbul, Erdogan said the coup attempt had been carried out by a minority in the army.

He said: 'The army is ours, not that of the parallel structure. I am chief commander.'

Earlier Erdogan urged the US to extradite Gulen claiming Turkey never turned down an extradition request from Washington for 'terrorists'."  Daily Mail

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Basically, Sultan Tayyip I demands that Obama hand over this man, a former ally of his and a perceived present rival.  If Obama comes to heel and delivers the man he should understand that he is submitting to an oriental potentate.  He has bowed to various foreign persons in the past.  Perhaps he should visit Turkey to repeat the act.  In olden times the sultan/caliph of the Ottoman Empire routinely had his younger brothers drowned in the Bosporus to consolidate his rule.  Tayyip seems to be bent on Ottomanization of the dying secular Turkish Republic.  Why would we think he would deal with a captive Gulen on a compassionate basis?

IMO we should begin to think of the ultimate limits of Tayyip's ambitions.  Thus far he has successfully bullied and blackmailed the EU into paying him 6 BILLION Euros to stop sending migrants across the Aegean Sea.  He has embarked on a campaign of suppression of civic liberties in Turkey.  He has actively supported ALL the jihadi movements in Syria.  Only recently has he desisted from supporting IS but he continues to be the biggest supporter of the non-IS jihadi groups.  The only reason he abandoned IS was that they began to threaten him.  Without his Turkey's help the Nusra Front and the rest of the menagerie of jihadi groups would be carrion by now.  What are the limits of his ambition?

pl

 

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Comments

[The Beaver]

Colonel,

The only reason he abandoned IS was that they began to threaten him.

Well that's why that butcher ( yep under his watch 178 Kurds were burnt in Cizre), commander of the 2nd Army Gen. Adem Huduti, responsible for securing the border with Syria, Iraq and Iran was arrested for coup attempt.

What a good way to shut up someone who allowed the navette of the Jihadists in and out of Syria, for closing his eyes when Erdogan fils was trading in ISIS oil and, who knows, for letting in the Turkmen from Central Asia.