Erdogan Declares State of Emergency

Erdogan has declared a state of emergency for three months following Friday night's failed army "coup".
The emergency allows the president and cabinet to bypass parliament when drafting new laws and to restrict or suspend rights and freedoms.

Speaking at the presidential palace in Ankara, Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed that "all the viruses within the armed forces will be cleansed".

Suffice to say, he will never hand those powers back voluntarily!

Turkey Fails To Silence WikiLeaks

#WikiLeaks fights cyber-attack to publish email trove from #Turkey's ruling party https://t.co/cKeOvtvpdT

— Emmy B (@greekemmy) July 20, 2016

Infamy, Infamy - Erdogan's Paranoia Goes Full Metal Jacket

Post-coup numbers.
29,464 suspended
21,000 teacher licences revoked
1,577 deans to resign
6,319 soldiers in custody pic.twitter.com/eG7STuAAVg

— Shabtai Gold (@velvetart) July 19, 2016

Erdogan - "I Should Have Staged This Coup Years Ago"

“I Should Have Staged This Coup Years Ago” – Erdogan https://t.co/q2xeg8xVMh

— Oisin Lunny (@oisinlunny) July 19, 2016

Satire that is very close to the truth of the matter.

Erdogan Knew of Coup Beforehand

Erdogan acknowledges they knew about a "military activity" at least 7-10 hours before the coup pic.twitter.com/SwCrpWfEUe

— Mahir Zeynalov (@MahirZeynalov) July 18, 2016

As I noted on the 16th:

"The question is, was this simply a lousy and pathetically planned genuine coup or was it in fact a false flag operation aided (or at the very least allowed to occur) by Erdogan in order to solidify his grip on power?"

It seems we now have a partial answer.

Erdogan's "Gift From God" - FALSE FLAG KLAXON!!!

Erdogan speaks:

“This uprising is a gift from God to us because this will be a reason to cleanse our army.”