...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
on Tuesday widened its crackdown after a failed coup, detaining top generals serving in Afghanistan as well as prominent journalists.
In a move apparently reflecting a shift in diplomatic strategy, Turkey also announced President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him...
will meet Russian leader Vladimir Putin
...Second and fourth President and sixth of the Russian Federation and the first to remain sober. Putin is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from polonium poisoning. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to Putin. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead...next month after months of chill between the two countries.
Two senior Turkish generals serving in the NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
force in Afghanistan were detained at Dubai airport on suspicion of links to the attempt to overthrow Erdogan, an official said, speaking on condition of anonymity
... for fear of being murdered...
The source named the pair as Major General Mehmet Cahit Bakir, the commander of Turkey's task force in Afghanistan, and Brigadier General Sener Topuc.
The detentions followed cooperation between Turkish intelligence and UAE authorities, the state-run Anadolu news agency added, saying the pair were now being brought to Turkey.
"The Turkish contingent continues its mission," a front man for the NATO force in Afghanistan said, without further comment.
In a separate development, police were searching a naval academy just outside Istanbul in a probe into coup plotters, reports said.