Turkey threatens to deploy the army to end protests - Polidicks

[img]http://imgkk.com/i/r2k9.jpg[/img] [url]http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2013/06/201361742432736655.html[/url] [quote]The Turkish deputy prime minister has said that the army could be deployed to halt protests that have swept the nation over the past two weeks. Bulent Arinc on Monday said the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) could be pressed into action if the police failed to restore order. "What is required of us is to stop if there is a protest against the law. Here is the police, if not enough gendarme, if not TSK," he said in a televised interview to the A Haber channel. The threat came as members of two union federations in Turkey went on a one-day strike over the forced evictions of protesters from Istanbul's Gezi Park a day earlier.[/quote]

Jesus Christ, is the entire middle east going insane?

[QUOTE=Reshy;41068626]Jesus Christ, is the entire middle east going insane?[/QUOTE] Nope. just the Dictators / people with power.

[QUOTE=kaukassus;41068649]Nope. just the Dictators / people with power.[/QUOTE] People that can't listen to their nation. It's like banning Facepunch from the internet. People will riot. :v: [editline]17th June 2013[/editline] Or Russia declaring thermonuclear war on China. It ends badly either way.

[QUOTE=Reshy;41068626]Jesus Christ, is the entire middle east going insane?[/QUOTE] It is natural for people in nations with corrupted governments to eventually riot and rebel at some point and the Middle East was set up like a field of dominoes for it.

Lol Turkey, wave goodbye to that EU membership you've been begging for the last decade. I can also smell some incoming sanctions against you.

[QUOTE=Van-man;41068782]Lol Turkey, wave goodbye to that EU membership you've been begging for the last decade. I can also smell some incoming sanctions against you.[/QUOTE] As if they were going to get membership without these riots happening :v:

[QUOTE=Van-man;41068782]Lol Turkey, wave goodbye to that EU membership you've been begging for the last decade. I can also smell some incoming sanctions against you.[/QUOTE] Turkey's in NATO, sanctions from who?

[QUOTE=SnakeHead;41068843]Turkey's in NATO, sanctions from who?[/QUOTE] I meant trade boycotts, but used the wrong word.

[QUOTE=SnakeHead;41068843]Turkey's in NATO, sanctions from who?[/QUOTE] How does being in NATO prevent sanctions from individual countries? [editline]17th June 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Teddybeer;41068858]Pepper spray in water canons was clearly not over the top enough.[/QUOTE] I am thinking the corrupted bigwigs in the Turkish government are being proactive of keeping their power. They're not stupid, they've seen what has happened in Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and worse in their neighboring Syria. They want this rioting to go away fast. The problem is, the only viable solution is to give good concessions to the populous which just won't happen because that's not what corrupted people do.

I love how no one in the UN or the Media is making this a big deal there should be large public outcry towards this prick

[QUOTE=Reshy;41068626]Jesus Christ, is the entire middle east going insane?[/QUOTE] It wasn't insane already?

[QUOTE=Van-man;41068782]Lol Turkey, wave goodbye to that EU membership you've been begging for the last decade. I can also smell some incoming sanctions against you.[/QUOTE] That's a common misconception - Turkey is one of the strongest economies in the area - they're way past longing for the EU. They're very much aware that curbing these protests will hurt their chances of gaining entrance, but they really don't care about that.

[QUOTE=Van-man;41068782]Lol Turkey, wave goodbye to that EU membership you've been begging for the last decade. I can also smell some incoming sanctions against you.[/QUOTE] lol nobody care about eu anymore since 2002

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Oh yeah, because that will totally make everything better. Also these protest are partly due to the internet and people being able to see how the rest of the world works.

After they arrest the half of the generals, commanders and personel of the army because of 'building a secret government wipe-out plan' theories, do they still think the army will help them instead of the public, being suppressed and damaged for 20 days? Not to mention this 'public' is mostly young people and union workers and always were on the military's side even when the government simply said them to go fuck themselves. Just a warning to everyone reading: I don't want to compare sides but, almost [B]everything[/B] Arınç told to us during his time was/is/will be lies. However if this is true, we're gloriously betrayed and fucked in front of the world.

[QUOTE=Mors Quaedam;41068656]People that can't listen to their nation. It's like banning Facepunch from the internet. People will riot. :v: [editline]17th June 2013[/editline] Or Russia declaring thermonuclear war on China. It ends badly either way.[/QUOTE] Why would Russia declare war on China, they're practically engaged by now.

[QUOTE=laserguided;41071049]Why would Russia declare war on China, they're practically engaged by now.[/QUOTE] And Turkish Army does not like the government, they are more sided with the protesters.

The moment the army deploys it's not a protest anymore, It's a rebellion.

[QUOTE=theevilldeadII;41069010]I love how no one in the UN or the Media is making this a big deal there should be large public outcry towards this prick[/QUOTE] Because they are [I]allies[/I] [editline]17th June 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Zarfa;41071124]And Turkish Army does not like the government, they are more sided with the protesters.[/QUOTE] Yeah. The military acts like the ancient Janissaries of the empire. 4 coups and so many state interventions in its history.

[QUOTE=redhaven;41071499] Yeah. The military acts like the ancient Janissaries of the empire. 4 coups and so many state interventions in its history.[/QUOTE] I do not think the military has enough nationalists left in their side to make a coup this time. AKP government locked up all the nationalist generals and commanders.

Turkey should take a hint from russia: don't use the military on your own people. It will utterly fail.

Yes because that worked out [b]so well[/b] for Syria.

Remember what happened in Egypt when they deployed the military? Like in Turkey, the Egyptian military was under heavy aid from the US gov. It at first followed the government (when America supported Mubarak) and then acted as protectors of the protesters from the police. When (American conveniently decided to disapprove of Mubarak) the military acted to begin pressuring the government to dissolve, then the revolution was won. I don't know the exact situation in Turkey, but bringing in the military to attack protesters in the ME has been shown to be the endgame move against the gov (in Egypt) but also the winning move (Bahrain, Lybia).

[QUOTE=shutter_eye5;41075691]Turkey should take a hint from russia: don't use the military on your own people. It will utterly fail.[/QUOTE] Russia?

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;41076549]Russia?[/QUOTE] E.g. 1991 august coup, 1993 constitutional crisis

Full on Stalinist up in here

Apparently the postal service in Turkey is strict on what is valid to mail right now because of related drama, and as such I cannot import any of PepsiColas foreign product (a liquid) Yedigun. Too bad really. Foreign soda tends to be the best.

You know shit is getting intense when this card gets put on the table.