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Turkish attorneys seek arrest of US officers in Incirlik |
2018-08-10 |
[PRESSTV] A group of pro-government attorneys in ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... has petitioned a court to arrest nearly a dozen of American officers at the strategic Incirlik Air Base over alleged ties to US-based opposition figure Fethullah Gülen ![]() , whom the Right. The entire United States Air Force has ties to some holy man they've never heard of. Lawyers with the legal Association for Social Justice and Aid, an NGO that includes prominent supporters of ![]() , filed the petition with the Adana Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office last week, media reported on Wednesday. They asked in their petition for the arrest of "the commanders of the US Air Force who are the superiors of the soldiers based at Incirlik" ‐ identified with their full names in the 60-page criminal complaint ‐ for their alleged attempts to "destroy the constitutional order, prevent partially or fully the The group also called on Ankara to halt the US military flights from the base and execute a search warrant at the facility to look for potential additional evidence. The The US Air Force said it was aware of the legal petition but referred all questions to the "We continue to carry out our mission here at Incirlik Air Base, and we are proud of the relationship we have with our |
Posted by:Fred |
#5 If I recall correctly , when De Gaul demanded that the US no longer use an airbase in France , the US moved all of it's aircraft out , then cratered the runways with high explosives. |
Posted by: Bugs Thud4877 2018-08-10 22:43 |
#4 Dateline Tomorrow: Turkish attorneys have petitioned a court to arrest the entire population of America, more than 300 million people, over alleged ties to US-based opposition figure Fethullah Gülen. Now can we close the damn base at Incirlik? |
Posted by: SteveS 2018-08-10 19:22 |
#3 Turkish attorneys should start seeing drones in their rear view mirrors......then ask them again. |
Posted by: AlanC 2018-08-10 15:21 |
#2 To keep the Russians out I suppose. |
Posted by: jvalentour 2018-08-10 12:12 |
#1 Evergreen question: "Why are we still flying out of Any base in Turkey?" |
Posted by: magpie 2018-08-10 11:31 |