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The Grand Turk
Turkish gov’t says US will have to revise its stance on Gülen after Turkey’s unity rally
2016-08-09
"Have to"? Y'all misunderstand your relative importance in the universe.
[Hurriyet] The massive rally on Aug. 7 which united all different segments of Turkish society to denounce the July 15 failed coup attempt will force the United States to revise its stance on Fethullah Gulen, the U.S.-based Islamic scholar believed to be behind the putsch, Deputy Prime Minister and government spokesperson Numan Kurtulmus told news hounds following a weekly presser on Aug. 8.

The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
has accused Gulenists
... the Turkish version of the Boogie Man, who set fire to the Turkish Reichsstag...
within the army of staging the attempted coup on July 15 and urged its ally to extradite Gulen from the U.S. to be prosecuted in Turkey. Kurtulmus said the U.S. will surely revise its stance on Gulen after hearing the voice of 79 million Turks gathered in Istanbul and other cities on Aug. 7.

"The leaders of the United States have to make a choice," Kurtulmus stressed, adding they will either side with the coup plotters or with the 79 million Turks who stood against the coup. "I know American officials are smart and I am sure they realize that this [stance on Gulen] is harmful to U.S. interests," he said
Posted by:trailing wife

#5  they will either side with the coup plotters or with the 79 million Turks who stood against the coup

You're wid us or you're agin us? Izzat what he said?

Shades of Geo. W.
Posted by: Bobby   2016-08-09 12:30  

#4  Have you seen the election coverage?
Not to mention the PotUS and SoS.

Doofus is the most polite term to describe our current regime.
Posted by: AlanC   2016-08-09 08:03  

#3   Do they really take us for easily swayed doofuses?

Have you seen the election coverage?
Posted by: Skidmark   2016-08-09 08:01  

#2  Iranian scientist Shahram Amiri was not available for comment.
Posted by: Besoeker   2016-08-09 04:20  

#1  I choose coup plotters for 100 Alex.

Yeah nothing like a contrived Triumph of the will theatrics to persuade the US to hand over Gulen. Do they really take us for easily swayed doofuses?
Posted by: Shaising Lumumba5337   2016-08-09 04:17  

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