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Obama tells Turkey’s Erdogan to BACK OFF over coup accusations
I am impressed.
[EXPRESS.CO.UK] The Turkish president slammed the West saying leaders had "not done enough" to offer support to Ankara following the coup which left 294 people dead. He said: "We are struggling against a coup attempt, against terrorists. The Western world must understand what we are dealing with."
How is that Obama threat working out so far ?
Turkish media has also accused Obama’s administration of being behind the coup attempt, even claiming a Washington think tank played a part.

But State Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau described Erdogan's comments as "inflammatory rhetoric" that is "absolutely not helpful".

She told Politico: "We’re very focused on lowering the temperature.

"We understand that this was a serious situation, but at the same time the rhetoric doesn’t help advance the situation."

Erdogan has also expressed his fury that US Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry
Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat, conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State...
 had not visited the country following the failed coup on July 15. Speaking after hearing Kerry would visit the country this month, the Turkish president said: "It is late, too late.

"This makes us sad. What more do Americans need? Their strategic ally is facing a coup and it takes them 45 days before sending anyone over? This is shocking."

The warning comes as the Turkish president continues to fall out with EU leaders over Ankara's possible reintroduction of the death penalty. Erdogan said: "If the nation makes such a decision, I believe political parties will abide by this decision."

This has led to EU bosses claiming The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
 will not be given access to the bloc if it introduces capital punishment.

Turkish Admiral Seeks Asylum in U.S. after Coup Bid

[AnNahar] A Turkish rear admiral on a NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions...
 assignment in the U.S. has sought asylum in the country after Ankara sought his detention following the failed July 15 coup, state-run media said Wednesday.

Turkish authorities have ousted thousands of military personnel including nearly half its generals and admirals since a rogue military faction tried to oust President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him...
 from power.

Rear Admiral Mustafa Zeki Ugurlu is the subject of a detention order in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey and has been expelled from the armed forces, the Anadolu news agency reported.

He has requested asylum from U.S. authorities, it added, without giving its source. He had been stationed at NATO's Allied Command Transformation in Norfolk, Virginia, the news agency said.

Ugurlu had not been heard from since July 22 when he left the base, Anadolu said. Izmir's chief prosecutor Okan Bato told Anadolu he was not able to get a statement from Ugurlu after seeking the prosecution of two admirals from the chief of staff.

NATO said on Wednesday that Turkey's membership of the military alliance was "not in question", despite the tumult in the country.
Not at the moment, at least. The future remains opaque.
Anadolu did not say whether the United States had accepted Ugurlu's claim, believed to be the first of its kind since July 15, which comes at a time of strained relations between Washington and Ankara.
Posted by: Fred 2016-08-11
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