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| The Grand Turk | |
| Turkish PM: Our mission is to stand against coups | |
| 2013-07-11 | |
| Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated Wednesday that it was Turkey's mission was to stand against military coups for "Turkey was a nation which grew up with military coups", Anadolu Agency reported. Speaking at a fast breaking dinner hosted by a civil servants' union in Ankara, Erdogan reiterated his country's strong opposition against the military coup in Egypt. "A political power which received 52 percent of popular vote has been toppled with tanks," he said of last week removal of Egypt first democratically elected President Mohammad Morsi from office.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #4 That was Erdo up there chumming the Barry when the CIC called the Marines to set up an umbrella of air defense. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2013-07-11 18:12 |
| #3 Erdogan was clever enough to purge the Army, he may totter thru. Missed his main chance IMHO at the start of the Syrian Civil War, he could have been a contenda. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-07-11 16:18 |
| #2 Heck, Saddam got like 99% on his last popular vote. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-07-11 09:47 |
| #1 He ought to be. They are due one. Erdogan clearly over-stepped. BTW 52% of the popular vote does not a republic make. |
| Posted by: newc 2013-07-11 00:54 |