Comments on: Turkish army chief warns against Islamization http://sheikyermami.com/2008/08/29/turkish-army-chief-warns-against-islamization/ Brought To You By Sheik Yer Mami Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:29:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Sir Henry Morgan http://sheikyermami.com/2008/08/29/turkish-army-chief-warns-against-islamization/#comment-82572 Sir Henry Morgan Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:35:54 +0000 http://sheikyermami.com/?p=9852#comment-82572 I drove through Turkey (in from Bulgaria, out into Syria) on a motorbike a couple of weeks after their last coup. One time left the bike parked with all our kit on it while we went for something to eat (made sure the bike was in view, even if about 50 yds away). Saw two armed soldiers walking towards the bike; they gave it a good look over, then one walked away while the other stood by the bike (armed with a Thompson, would you believe?). After we finished eating, walked back to the bike; he saw us coming and walked off just before we got there. Another time a cop stopped us in the middle of nowhere South of Ankara and tried to extort money from us. I refused to play; he kept insisting, but the army being in charge, on an anti-corruption ticket for the coup, gave me confidence. He didn't dare push it and pissed off. Other than that no one tried to extort a penny from us, which at the time was practically unheard of on overlanders through Turkey. Turkey would benefit hugely from a coup, though the happy-clappy crowd in the West wouldn't like it. There are plenty enough of us here in Britland who think this country would benefit from a coup too. I drove through Turkey (in from Bulgaria, out into Syria) on a motorbike a couple of weeks after their last coup. One time left the bike parked with all our kit on it while we went for something to eat (made sure the bike was in view, even if about 50 yds away). Saw two armed soldiers walking towards the bike; they gave it a good look over, then one walked away while the other stood by the bike (armed with a Thompson, would you believe?). After we finished eating, walked back to the bike; he saw us coming and walked off just before we got there. Another time a cop stopped us in the middle of nowhere South of Ankara and tried to extort money from us. I refused to play; he kept insisting, but the army being in charge, on an anti-corruption ticket for the coup, gave me confidence. He didn’t dare push it and pissed off. Other than that no one tried to extort a penny from us, which at the time was practically unheard of on overlanders through Turkey.

Turkey would benefit hugely from a coup, though the happy-clappy crowd in the West wouldn’t like it.

There are plenty enough of us here in Britland who think this country would benefit from a coup too.

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