Final pieces in place for Erdoğan’s alleged coup to take over Turkish government

Having made it no secret he seeks to transform Turkey so he can wield absolute authority with no checks and balances, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has allegedly begun the final push to implement a 'palace coup' and wrest control of the Turkish government from its parliament.

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Jim DeMint: What I Heard in Honduras

WALL STREET JOURNAL/OPINION, 10/10/2009 by Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) - Our ambassador is the only person I met there who thinks there was a 'coup.' Let's release the State Department legal analysis. ∴ In the last three months, much has been made of a supposed military "coup" that whisked former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya from power and the supposed chaos it has created. ∴ After visiting Tegucigalpa last week and meeting with a cross section of leaders from Honduras's government, business community, and civil society, I can report there is no chaos there. There is, however, chaos to spare in the Obama administration's policy toward our poor and loyal allies in Honduras. Read more at WSJ...

Mr. DeMint, a Republican senator from South Carolina, is a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Read More......