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  Analysis: Pulling Erdogan from Western Orbit is a Russian Objective Whether or not Putin had a hand in the Coup, it may have played into his hands. According to the following article, Putin's desires have been well known.  Never the less, a rift between Turkey and its NATO allies has been widening due to the increasing influence of Islamism. The supremacy of Islamic law over secular law paves the way for serious geo-political disruption no matter what the primary driver(s) of this alleged coup  may be. The road to an ultimate outcome will be paved with chaos--with both political and social unrest.  The article below contains a plethora of information regarding background, machinations, facts, theories, and possible repercussions regarding current events.  Putin’s Sinister Role in the Failed Turkish Coup   BY: Molly McKew One group that stands to gain significantly from Erdogan’s “purges” are the local proponents of Eurasianist thinking. In t...

One way or another Ergodan will succeed and will be as formidable as, if not more so, than Iran. Explosions rip through a group of protesters staging an anti-government peace rally in Ankara, October 2015, resulting in the worst ever single terror attack in Turkey's modern history. The upsurge in violence helped propel President Erdoğan's Justice and Development Party (AKP) to a stronger showing in the November elections, but he did not receive enough votes to change the constitution. by Burak Bekdil Secular and liberal Turks sighed with premature relief when on June 7, 2015, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi, AKP) lost its parliamentary majority in general elections for the first time since it came to power in November 2002. With 41 percent of the national vote (compared with 49.8 percent in the 2011 general elections), the AKP won eighteen fewer seats than necessary to form a single-party gov...

Apparently there is way more going on with the Russo/Turkish conflict than we are being made aware of. To many, the Turkish shoot down of the Russian fighter made no sense. The following article sheds some light on the issue Excerpt From Following Article:   “The shooting down of a Russian aircraft near the Syrian border was in line with Ankara’s struggle to establish itself as a dominant” power,” retired US Army Major General Paul Vallely was quoted as saying by  Iran’s Press TV  on Thursday. Gen. Vallely warned the United States and other NATO member nations that Turkey must be removed from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization because “it poses a big and important issue in many ways for other members.” by Jim Kouri The incident involving the shooting down of a Russian warplane by the Turkish military may have had to do with Turkey’s cooperation with the radical Islamic fighters in Syria and Russia’s decision to help the Arab dictator Bashar al-Assad fight...