Turkey threatens war on “any country” supporting exiled cleric Gülen—like the US

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WRITTEN BY
Olivia Goldhill
July 16, 2016

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has threatened war against any country that would “stand by” Turkish cleric Fethullah Gülen.

This is a pointed threat towards the United States, where Gülen has been living in self-imposed exile since 1999. The implicit demand, according to BBC’s Turkey correspondent Mark Lowen, is that the US must extradite Gülen.

Gülen is the leader of a movement called Hizmet, and has been called Turkey’s second most powerful man. Hizmet is estimated to have the support of 10% of Turkey’s population, and Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan claims Gülen was behind the recent attempted coup.

But the cleric has strongly denied that this is the case and the US has asked Turkey for evidence to support the accusations.

http://qz.com/734174/turkey-threatens-war-on-any-country-supporting-exiled-cleric-gulen-like-the-us/

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-13503361

[Duckhunter935]

1. The little dictator has a lot of hot air

[ChisolmTrailDem]

2. That would be rich, warring with us using our own equipment. nt

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3. Of course, declaring war on another NATO members reqires the other NATO members to defend it.

[Separation]

4. They better be careful

They might just be surprised with a little freedom knock from the CIA.

[NutmegYankee]

5. Please do.

We'll give Mt. Ararat to Armenia, The rest of the Eastern third to the new Country of Kurdistan and hell, lets give Constantinople back to the Greeks.

[HereSince1628]

6. Shouldn't we at least consider giving Constantinople to Macedonia or Italy?

[NutmegYankee]

7. It was a greek speaking state from the 300s to 1452.

It was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire - later the Byzantine Empire.

[HereSince1628]

9. I think this at least deserves a few moments consideration.

If it must be considered using Greek language, ok. But still, a moment.

[NutmegYankee]

11. You realize the facetious nature of my post right?

[HereSince1628]

14. And you, mine, I hope

[maryellen99]

8. There is A very realistic UK nuclear war simulation on YouTube

Where it shows Turkey attacking Russia off the coast of Syria. I wouldn't be surprised if this happens.

[Initech]

10. Oh good, last thing we need is more war.

[Nevernose]

12. I believe they intend to pivot away from NATO and towards Russia

With Erdrogan becoming more like a dictator, he becomes more appealing to other dictators (Assad, Putin) and less appealing to the West.right now Turkey is both literally and figuratively stuck between Russia and Syria, and Turkey's involvement hasn't led to anything positive for them.

The Russia-Turkey-Syria line makes a lot of sense for those three geopolitically (and Putin has already demonstrated that Georgia isn't enough to be an annoyance, mush less anything holding them back.)

[Joe the Revelator]

13. Kim Jong Erdoğan nt

[Averagegrunt]

15. Nope

This is not a conflict they could win and they know that so I'll just use this old saying "his so full of shit his eyes are brown". Nothing will happen.