At the height of the attempt to overthrow Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, the rebel pilots of two F-16 fighter jets had Erdogan's plane in their sights. And yet he was able to fly on.
The Turkish leader was returning to Istanbul from a holiday near the coastal resort of Marmaris after a faction in the military launched the coup attempt on Friday night, sealing off a bridge across the Bosphorus, trying to capture Istanbul's main airport and sending tanks to parliament in Ankara.
"At least two F-16s harassed Erdogan's plane while it was in the air and en route to Istanbul. They locked their radars on his plane and on two other F-16s protecting him," a former military officer with knowledge of the events told Reuters.
"Why they didn't fire is a mystery," he said. Full story...
Related posts:
The Turkish leader was returning to Istanbul from a holiday near the coastal resort of Marmaris after a faction in the military launched the coup attempt on Friday night, sealing off a bridge across the Bosphorus, trying to capture Istanbul's main airport and sending tanks to parliament in Ankara.
"At least two F-16s harassed Erdogan's plane while it was in the air and en route to Istanbul. They locked their radars on his plane and on two other F-16s protecting him," a former military officer with knowledge of the events told Reuters.
"Why they didn't fire is a mystery," he said. Full story...
Related posts:
- Fethullah Gülen: Turkey coup may have been 'staged' by Erdoğan regime...
- Dutch newspaper publishes cartoon depicting Turkey’s Erdogan as an ape...
- 'Insult Turkey's Erdogan' contest set up by Spectator magazine...
- Turkey 'demands deletion' of German video mocking Erdoğan...
- Turkey's weasel problem...
- Double dealing tyrant who's sabotaging the West's battle to crush ISIS...
No comments:
Post a Comment