Erdogan declares war, holding US nukes hostage at Incirlik airbase

[midnight rambler]

Turkey declares war against Uncle Satan, cuts access and power to U.S. airbase housing 50-60 nukes, closes airspace around base causing suspension of Uncle Satan's air operations including attacking his pet IS. With 'friends' like this who needs enemies?

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-07-16/turkey-suspends-all-us-operations-against-isis-incirlik-airbase-which-vaults-us-b61-

[Ares]

Wonder if Obozo saw that one coming?

[midnight rambler]

Wonder if Obozo saw that one coming?

I'm confident Barry still supports his pal since he's doing the work of the god of the goatfuckers.

This is a major crisis, Ergodan not allowing fuel to be brought into the base to run generators.

[midnight rambler]

Consider this, Turkey could soon become a nuclear power with nominal effort. Very nicely played.

Ergpdan is truly a madman, one of the Satanically insane.

[midnight rambler]

Gulen has ties to Clintons via Clinton Foundation, article from 3 days ago -

http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/13/new-ties-emerge-between-clinton-and-mysterious-islamic-cleric/

[midnight rambler]

Rabbit hole goes pretty deep -

http://dailycaller.com/2015/11/22/followers-of-a-mysterious-turkish-islamic-cleric-have-donated-heavily-to-hillarys-campaign-and-family-charity/

[Glass]

So this Gulen guy will get handed over. He won't get any protection from the clintons.

Why does the US have nuklear veapons in other countries? Is that even true?

[vacuum]

WTF is going on?????


1500 Americans are "kidnapped" at Incirlik Airbase. Shit is about to hit the fan folks.

http://therightscoop.com/turkey-holds-1500-u-s-military-hostage-after-coup-obama-busy-playing-golf/
(http://therightscoop.com/turkey-holds-1500-u-s-military-hostage-after-coup-obama-busy-playing-golf/)
http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160717/1043141353/turkey-washington-kerry-erdogan-nukes.html

If he has nukes then ISIS has nukes. And us Europeans are fucked.

It has been hours since this base was surrounded and the US has yet to comment on it. I hope for the soldiers sake that this isn't another Benghazi.

[Plastic]

I can't help but wonder if one or two of those nukes have been armed and readied for detonation pending an attack on the base. Preventing nukes from falling into enemy hands is some serious shit. Can't really see them placing explosives around the weapons either, the very thought of 50 or 60 broken arrows...

What a fucking mess.

[Glass]

I can't help but wonder if one or two of those nukes have been armed and readied for detonation pending an attack on the base. Preventing nukes from falling into enemy hands is some serious shit. Can't really see them placing explosives around the weapons either, the very thought of 50 or 60 broken arrows...

What a fucking mess.

I think they will be used in europe somewhere. as some one commented, a bengazi event. maybe in syria, russian base. maybe both.

[midnight rambler]

No news articles more recent than 14 hours ago indicating the situation has changed. Very scant info, very odd.

ETA: did find this article supposedly posted 3 hours ago reporting the same as previously, no change -

http://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/turkey-closes-airspace-over-incirlik-grounding-us-aircraft-at-base-1.419447

[Cebu_4_2]

Search: Access Blocked, Power Cut to Turkish Base Holding 80 US Nukes

[jack1878]

This might be Obama's JFK moment. Erdogan sure has massive balls even though he seems totally crazy.

I doubt this whole drama is a staged false flag because even the Zionist media doesn't know what to say. They always have their cover story planned in advance and ready for immediate launch.

[jack1878]

There's still nothing about this in the MSM and the embassy statement is a few hours old now. The msm doesn't trust the masses with raw news anymore. The news has to be 'processed' before its suitable for public consumption.

[midnight rambler]

USA Today posts business back to usual -

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/07/17/turkeys-incirlik-air-base-resumes-anti-isil-operations/87221308/

[jack1878]

Maybe we just imagined the whole thing.

If the media says nothing about it then it never happened, right?

[Plastic]

False coup to seize absolute dictatorial control of Turkey?

[Cebu_4_2]

False coup to seize absolute dictatorial control of Turkey?


I think it was a real coup attempt but it was infiltrated so it would fail and also give the good guys up to the current system.

[monty]

US-Turkish tensions rise after failed coup attemptBy BRADLEY KLAPPER (http://bigstory.ap.org/content/bradley-klapper)



Jul. 16, 2016 9:05 PM EDT


LUXEMBOURG (AP) — U.S.-Turkish tensions escalated Saturday after a quashed coup in Turkey, as the country's leader bluntly demanded the extradition of a U.S.-based cleric he accused of orchestrating the violence. Another senior official directly blamed the United States.


After strongly supporting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan when it seemed his government might topple and then opening the door to sending home the cleric, a stung Obama administration fired back at its NATO ally.


"Public insinuations or claims about any role by the United States in the failed coup attempt are utterly false and harmful to our bilateral relations," U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told his Turkish counterpart, according to the State Department's readout of their telephone call.


The back-and-forth occurred against the backdrop of Turkey closing its airspace, effectively grounding U.S. warplanes that had been targeting Islamic State forces in neighboring Syria and Iraq.
At the center of the controversy stood Fethullah Gulen, who lives in exile in Pennsylvania and promotes a philosophy that blends a mystical form of Islam with staunch advocacy of democracy, education, science and interfaith dialogue.


Gulen quickly condemned Friday night's coup attempt by military officers that resulted in a night of explosions, air battles and gunfire that left dozens dead. Erdogan's government said Gulen directed the coup all the same.


In a televised speech Saturday, Erdogan said Turkey had never rejected a U.S. extradition request for "terrorists." Addressing Washington, he requested the handover of Gulen and said, "If we are strategic partners, then you should bring about our request."


Although he didn't outline any threat, Erdogan's emphasis on U.S.-Turkish counterterrorism cooperation raised the prospect of a prolonged closure of the Incirlik air base in southern Turkey if he didn't get his way. The Pentagon said it was trying to get permission to resume air operations from the base, while adjusting mission operations in the meantime.


Suleyman Soylu, Turkey's labor minister, went further than Erdogan, suggesting the U.S. was behind the coup.


In their second call in as many days, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavosoglu told Kerry the government was in control of state institutions.


Kerry reiterated U.S. support for Turkey's democratically elected government, according to the State Department readout, and urged authorities to respect the rule of law and safeguard civilian life as they respond to the coup attempt. Kerry also said Turkey needed to respect due process as it investigates those it believes were involved in the plot.


Earlier, on a visit to Luxembourg, Kerry told reporters the U.S. would entertain an extradition request for Gulen if the Turks provided evidence of wrongdoing. Erdogan has long accused Gulen, a former ally, of trying to overthrow the government, but Washington has never found the claims compelling.
"We fully anticipate that there will be questions raised about Mr. Gulen," Kerry told reporters. "And obviously we would invite the government of Turkey, as we always do, to present us with any legitimate evidence that withstands scrutiny. And the United States will accept that and look at it and make judgments about it appropriately."


Gulen is understood to maintain significant support among some members of the military and mid-level bureaucrats. His movement called Hizmet includes think tanks, schools and various media enterprises. Gulen and Erdogan only became estranged in recent years.


A Turkish official, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with government regulations, said Turkey was preparing a formal extradition request with detailed information about Gulen's involvement in illegal activities. He said the coup attempt was seen as "one more thing to add to an already extensive list."


In a statement, Gulen said he condemned, "in the strongest terms, the attempted military coup in Turkey" and sharply rejected any responsibility or knowledge of who might be involved.
At a news briefing Saturday in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, the cleric noted that he has been away from Turkey for more than 15 years and would not have returned if the coup had succeeded. He cited greater freedoms in the United States as a reason.


"In brief, I don't even know who my followers are," the frail-looking cleric said through an interpreter. "You can think about many motivations of people who staged this coup."


The coup failed after appearing not to have been backed by the most senior ranks of the military. Turkey's main opposition parties, too, condemned the attempted overthrow of the government. Prime Minister Benali Yildirim said 161 people were killed and 1,440 wounded in the overnight violence. He said 2,839 plotters were detained.


Kerry said the U.S. had no indication beforehand of the coup attempt, which began as he and Russia's foreign minister were in a Russian government villa in Moscow, locked in negotiations over Syria.


"If you're planning a coup, you don't exactly advertise to your partners in NATO," Kerry said. "So it surprised everyone. It does not appear to be a very brilliantly planned or executed event."
___
Associated Press writer Suzan Fraser in Ankara, Turkey, Dominique Soguel in Istanbul, and Michael Rubinkam in Saylorsburg, Pa., contributed to this report.

http://bigstory.ap.org/fd1bd31fed39440cbf95ffd76a7550bf

[hoarder]

Why does the US have nuklear veapons in other countries? Because the rulers of the US want it that way.


Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion

Protocol No. VII

1. The intensification of armaments, the increase of police forces - are all essential for the completion of the aforementioned plans. What we have to get at is that there should be in all the States of the world, besides ourselves, only the masses of the proletariat, a few millionaires devoted to our interests, police and soldiers.

[monty]

And this dated today July, 17

http://www.fury.news/2016/07/breaking-1500-us-servicemen-held-hostage-heres-know/


BREAKING: 1,500 US Servicemen Being Held in Turkey, Here’s What We Know

http://www.fury.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/breaking-news-696x391.jpg (http://www.fury.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/breaking-news.jpg)

Following the failed coup attempt in Turkey several days ago by some members of the military, 6,000 people have been arrested, with President Erdogan vowing to purge the “virus” that caused the revolt.
Now following the turmoil in the region, the Incirlik Air Base in Turkey has been placed on lockdown, and US forces are currently being held hostage unable to leave the area.

As The Right Scoop (http://therightscoop.com/turkey-holds-1500-u-s-military-hostage-after-coup-obama-busy-playing-golf/) reports (H/T Mark Levin (https://www.facebook.com/marklevinshow/?fref=nf)):

Erdogan, the despotic ruler of Turkey, appears to be holding 1,500 U.S. soldiers hostage at Incirlik air base in an attempt to pressure Obama to hand over his political opponent who was exiled to Pennsylvania. Erdogan claims that he ordered and organized the failed coup last night.


There’s no doubt that if Turkey was holding deserters such as Bowe Bergdahl hostage instead of 1,500 active duty troops, Obama would be jumping through hoops in the same manner he does when releasing his buddies out of Guantanamo Bay. Secretary John Kerry issued a statement over Twitter, but no word yet on the status of our troops.

Hopefully these Soldiers will get better treatment than the despicable treatment our Sailors endured after being taken hostage by Iran several months ago. Rather that give a crap about our service men being held hostage, I’m sure Obama is either golfing or planning the next riot with Black Lives Matter leadership up at the White House.

[monty]

This youtube video for whatever it is worth
1500 troops being held hosstage . . .


http://youtu.be/Na4vK5_B_xg

https://youtu.be/Na4vK5_B_xg

[jack1878]

I'm not sure which is more disturbing: the fact that 1500 US servicemen are currently held hostage in Turkey or the fact that our free and fearless mainstream media are acting like its not occurring.

The mediia's bizarre and deeply worrying behaviour reminds me of the immediate aftermath of the JFK assassination when the German Mauser rifle was discovered on the 6th floor of the TSBD and DA Henry Wade held a televised press conference to announce the discovery. After realising this weapon didn't tie in LHO to the assassination, Wade and the Dallas police hastily convened another televised press conference the following day, announcing they had discovered an Italian made Carcano rifle on the 6th floor. They acted as if the previous day's press conference had never taken place.

[Joshua01]

Obama is happy. That's 1500 military men off his todo list as part of his plan for America's destruction

[hoarder]

If there were 1500 Chinese troops on our soil, I wouldn't want to treat them any better.

[EE_]

Will the US stand by and watch Turkey hold our military and air bases held hostage? Turkey is the next Islamic state to fall under Sharia Law.
The world is running to the US stock market as a safe heaven, why not gold?

[Joshua01]

If Turkey goes full retard on this what's going to happen to the nukes?

[Cebu_4_2]

Turkey coup aftermath: Death penalty to be reinstated for 6,000 arrested military men
17.07.2016

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More than 290 people were killed in the military coup attempt in Turkey, spokespeople for the Turkish Foreign Ministry said. More than 100 of the victims are participants of the coup, RBC reports. More than 1,400 others were injured in violent clashes. Earlier reports indicated 265 deaths, including 104 coup members.

Among the victims of more than 100 people were participants in the coup. More than 1,400 people were injured in the clashes.

An attempted coup d'etat rocked Turkey on the night of July 16, when army troops opened fire on government buildings, including the building of the Turkish General Staff and the intelligence headquarters. Tanks were rolling through the streets of Ankara, while bridges over the Bosphorus were blocked in Istanbul.

Later, however, the forces controlled by President Recep Erdogan managed to take the situation under their control. As many as 6,000 people were arrested for the participation in the mutiny, including Erdogan's chief military adviser.
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After the failed coup attempt, Turkey may reinstate death penalty, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday.

"We can not ignore the request from the people in a democratic society - this is your right," Erdogan said.

"All governmental departments will be cleared of the virus," the Turkish leader added.

Erdogan also said that the discussion of the death penalty issue should not be delayed. The Turkish government should discuss the matter with the opposition, he added.

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim also spoke about the possibility to reinstate death penalty for the participants of the coup.

Death penalty was abolished in Turkey in 2004 to meet the standards of EU membership that the country was aspiring to.

Meanwhile, clashes between the participants in the attempted coup and security forces occurred on Sunday, July 17th, at the second largest airport in Istanbul. The participants of the attempted coup in Turkey clashed with security forces as the latter were trying to detain coup members in Istanbul's second largest Sabiha Gokcen Airport. Eleven people were detained at the airport. Clashes were also reported at Konya air base in central Turkey, where seven people, including one colonel, were arrested.

The US-led anti-terrorist international coalition resumed operations against the Islamic State terrorist group from Incirlik air base in Turkey, Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said. Turkey allowed to resume operations from the air base after the commander of the base was arrested. The commander of Incirlik airbase is suspected of being involved in the military coup.

US Secretary of State John Kerry said in an interview with CNN that he spoke with his Turkish counterpart three times on Saturday.

Pravda.Ru

[singular_me]

Was the turkish coup secretly financed by the west? Erdogan... another saddam and gadaffi redux 3.0... another puppet rebellion?

do they have a new puppet, hence tried to get rid of Erdogan? Bingo, ran into the corbet video after formulating my question. My intuition was correct.


(didnt read it buy his analyses are always extremely well researched. The elites' usual games however)

CIA Backs a 'New Ottoman Caliphate' in Eurasia - --
F William Engdahl
18 July 2016 GMT
.................. Fethullah Gülen, was busy building a global network of Islam schools, businesses, and foundations, all with untraceable funds.

His Gülen Movement, or Cemaat, had no main address, no mailbox, no official organizational registration, no central bank account, nothing. His followers never demonstrated for Sharia or Jihad—their operations were all hidden from view.’

15 PAGES
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/IMAGES/CIA_Backs_a_New_Ottoman_Caliphate_in_Eurasia.pdf




Flashback December 2015: The Corbett Report - West Prepares to Replace Their Puppet in Turkey
18 July 2016 GMT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxvPfWkYyUo



Suspected mastermind in Turkey coup served as military attaché to Israel
http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2016/07/16/475524/turkey-coup-israel-attach?

[monty]

http://youtu.be/Brgz74a9Bos

https://youtu.be/Brgz74a9Bos



Call of Duty Goddess with an update Incirclink Airbase in Turkey


http://youtu.be/PtPgMFtHLRE

https://youtu.be/PtPgMFtHLRE

[monty]

Another video from Call of Duty Goddess on Turkey, John Kerry and Putin's secret meeting


http://youtu.be/1k3fF4cVNyQ

https://youtu.be/1k3fF4cVNyQ

[monty]

Protests at Incirlik Airbase in Turkey


http://youtu.be/jGumSrHpUt4

https://youtu.be/jGumSrHpUt4

[mamboni]

Turkey Surrounds, Blocks Access To NATO's Incirlik Airbase Amid Speculation Of Second Coup


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While it is common knowledge by now that the failed and/or staged Turkish coup two weekends ago was nothing more than an excuse for Erdogan to concentrate even more power and eradicate all political and independent opposition, a story that has gotten less attention is the sudden, and acute deterioration in US-Turkish relations. This culminated two days ago when the Commander of US Central Command (CENTCOM) General Joseph Votel was forced to deny on the record having anything to do with the attempted coup in Turkey following pointed allegations from the very top in the local government that the US orchestrated last Friday's "coup", according to a statement released by the US military on Friday.


As Stars and Stripes (http://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/gen-votel-turkey-unrest-could-affect-islamic-state-fight-1.421432)reported late last week, the recent failed coup and jailing of military leaders in Turkey could impact U.S. operations there against the Islamic State group, Gen. Joseph Votel said Thursday at a security conference in Colorado. Votel said the coup attempt in Turkey two weeks ago left him “concerned” about how U.S. operations and personnel at Incirlik Air Base will be affected.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-07-30/turkey-surrounds-blocks-access-natos-incirlik-airbase-amid-speculation-second-coup

[Dogman]

Mostly resolved now, major question is to stay or boogy,

Stay for sure, I bet!

Turkey is not so stupid to abandon NATO!

The nukes are safe, but that spoils the fun here!

;D

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Forum runner

[monty]

US Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen. Dunford to visit Turkey following coup attempt


DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES
ISTANBUL
PublishedJuly 29, 2016



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Gen. Joseph Dunford, Jr., testifies during his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing to become the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo)

The U.S. chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Joseph Dunford is set to visit Turkey on July 31 following the failed coup attempt in the country, Minister for EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator Ömer Çelik said Friday.

Çelik said that they would discuss U.S.-based preacher Fetullah Gülen's extradition.

About Gülen, Çelik said: "Gülen is even more dangerous than Osama bin Laden.

"Gülen has tried to annihilate the secular government of Turkey and replace it with deviant religious thought. They targeted Turkey's democratic state to install a military dictatorship instead."

Dunford has made several phone calls with Turkey's Chief of General Staff, Hulusi Akar following the coup.
Turkish officials as well as citizens claim the U.S. was not standing firmly against the failed military coup as they accuse it of harboring the plot's alleged mastermind.

Turkey contributes soldiers to U.S.-led efforts in Afghanistan, including training missions. The U.S. and Turkey have a shared airbase in İncirlik, southern Turkey, where they launch missions against Daesh.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan slammed an American military official who expressed concern that some of the coup leaders were jailed in Turkey.

US Gen. Joseph Votel said Thursday "We've certainly had relationships with a lot of Turkish leaders, military leaders in particular. And so I'm concerned about what the impact is on those relationships as we continue to move forward," Votel said at the Aspen Security Forum.

"It's not up to you to make that decision. Who are you? Know your place," Erdoğan said.

Çelik also described the U.S. Central Command chief's recent remarks about the purge of Turkish military officers as "totally wrong" and "incompatible" with strategic, military and regional realities.

He made the remarks on private NTV channel Friday, saying Votel should have condemned the coup attempt, especially since Turkey was the U.S.'s ally.

"Both countries are members of NATO. Inside the Turkish army under NATO body, there has been a riot. A high ranked commander in NATO army strictly should react against the rebellion in the neighboring army," he said.
"If it is not well-meant, it is totally wrong. It almost contains an implication favoring the coup attempt. It is very shortsighted, which cannot be made at all," he added. "The U.S. Defense Ministry should address this.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu also criticized the comments, saying the jailed officers are "not the only ones with the capacity to fight" Daesh. Speaking to reporters in Ankara, Çavuşoğlu said the purge of those suspected of being involved in the coup is rendering the Turkish army more efficient.

"When we weed out these bad apples... then our army is more trustworthy, more dynamic, and more effective," Çavuşoğlu said.



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[Dogman]

It is thought that near 60 or so of our variable , dial a yield nukes are in country. And I have absolutely no doubt that if any real threat or possible threat. Those toys would be yanked out of that country, in an instant , what ? The bombs are B61 types which weigh 700 pounds so that = less than 30 tons. Each toy = Maximum 340 kilo tons x 60 = near 21 or so mega tons.

Bunch of BGDAD for sure.

If it really came to a pissing contest turkey would lose if they tried to stop getting "those" toys out of that country..

Blink they are out of there..

Tho I do suspect the topic is a total hoot for speculation and high entertainment for the unwashed.. (Monty, amigo I suspect like ME you try to take a bath at least twice a year..)..!

Be well and how are things going ? Decided to stay or do you have the clearances to come back to the states, of do you really want to ?

Do an email or pm. Think i do not have your email, can not find it..


;D

[Neuro]

I came back the same day as Dunford is supposed to come. Didn't see him at the airport though.

[Neuro]

Nice Turkish meal!
Grilled fish, some rocket leaves a quarter raw onion, and a glass of lions milk Raki
8368

[Dogman]

Nice Turkish meal!
Grilled fish, some rocket leaves a quarter raw onion, and a glass of lions milk Raki
8368

Rocket leaves?

Local spice plant ?

Have googles all, sounds like a great taste treat..

But some here have to be hand fed, due to sloth..

Hoot

[Neuro]

Rocket leaves?

Local spice plant ?

They call it that in England, maybe ruccola in American, called that in Sweden! Has a slightly bitter spicy taste to it.

[Joshua01]

Rocket leaves?

Local spice plant ?

Have googles all, sounds like a great taste treat..

But some here have to be hand fed, due to sloth..

Hoot

I eat anything! I was the oldest of 6 kids with a single Mom who had to ask the government for help. Back then you didn't get no EBT card. You got govt cheese, dry milk, cereal, bread, etc. If you've eaten that you can enjoy almost anything else in comparison. That being said, it was still good wholesome food and at the time, that's what we needed most, so we never complained.

Someone rewarded me later in life as my wonderful wife is an Italian Iron Chef class cook! I'm grateful!