Pentagon Orders Hundreds Of Military Families To Evacuate Turkey +Video
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Has the US finally had enough of its “ally” Erdogan?
Moments ago the DOD announced that the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, has authorized the ordered departure of all DoD dependents not assigned to Chief of Mission authority from Adana (to include Incirlik Air Base), Ismir, and Mugla, Turkey. This decision allows for the deliberate, safe return of family members from these areas due to continued security concerns in the region.
It adds that while “this step does not signify a permanent decision to end accompanied tours at these facilities”, the evacuation “is intended to mitigate the risk to DoD elements and personnel, including family members, while ensuring the combat effectiveness of U.S. forces and our mission support to operations in Turkey. The United States and Turkey are united in our common fight against ISIL, and Incirlik continues to play a key role in counter-ISIL operations.”
“The decision to move our families and civilians was made in consultation with the Government of Turkey, our State Department, and our Secretary of Defense,” said Gen. Philip M. Breedlove, Commander, U.S. European Command. “We understand this is disruptive to our military families, but we must keep them safe and ensure the combat effectiveness of our forces to support our strong Ally Turkey in the fight against terrorism.”
The Pentagon is ordering the evacuation of nearly 700 military family members from Incirlik Air Base and two smaller military installations in Turkey because of concerns over the deteriorating security environment there.Families are expected to begin leaving Turkey on Wednesday, stopping first at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, before continuing on to the States or other duty locations, U.S. European Command told Stars and Stripes.
“We understand this is disruptive to our military families, but we must keep them safe and ensure the combat effectiveness of our forces to support our strong ally Turkey in the fight against terrorism,” EUCOM chief Gen. Philip Breedlove said Tuesday in a statement.
The mandatory departure order, announced by the State Department, affects nearly all Defense Department dependents assigned to Incirlik, as well as those at smaller bases in Izmir and Mugla.
About 670 dependents are expected to be evacuated, along with 287 pets. About 770 dependents, most from Incirlik, are currently in Turkey, EUCOM spokeswoman Julie Weckerlein said. Those allowed to stay are the family members of mission-essential personnel.
This is all taking place one day after the Turkey Foreign Ministry, outraged by a satirical clip making fun of the Turkish President and his recent policies that was broadcast on German television, summoned the German Ambassador for official explanations. Following the broadcast of the satirical piece titled “Erdowie, Erdowo, Erdogan” on NDR show titled “Extra 3” on March 17, German Ambassador Martin Erdmann was summoned up several days later to officially explain “in length” the reasons for the broadcaster’s behavior, Der Speigel has learned.
The one minute and 52 second long satire package showing footage from recent history in Turkey criticized Erdogan’s increased crackdown on the freedom of the press and hostile policies in the region, including Turkey’s alleged support for Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) fighters in neighboring Syria.
The video also focused on the lavish living of the Turkish president and his multibillion euro deals with the Europeans to keep migrants at bay. The broadcast on German television comes at a time when Germany, as part of EU is actively seeking closer ties with Turkey to help tackle the migrant crisis in Europe.
Erdogan’s crackdown on journalists and restrictions on freedom of speech have been repeatedly criticized by the international community, along with Ankara’s controversial anti-terrorists campaign against Kurdish militants which inflicted much suffering on Turkey’s minority population.
The day the satirical piece was aired, RT launched a petition calling for a UNHRC-led investigation into claims of alleged mass killing of Kurdish civilians committed by the Turkish military during Ankara’s crackdown on Kurds in the country’s southeast.
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Whistler Blowers, Insiders
It’s clear signal how everything is going down the drain…
Looks like Turkey is about to get ROASTED!
Looks like erdogan will pull another clumsy false flag on itself soon
Orchestrated by America. They’re leaving because the world know’s America and Turkey train ISIS there.
This entire Middle East thing is so easy to solve.
Just spray the entire area with Pig Blood. That will make it uninhabitable for ever.
I’ll help. Someone should throw it on that Mussi president none of you have had the balls to stop.
Everything is beginning to look like Ezekiel chapters 38 and 39 . Could this be the beginning of world war 3 ? These places were named by Noah’s sons , sons . Look at where they began their living quarters and you will see that the middle east is about to be on fire . Not to mention that durning this episode when they decide to attack Judea living in Israel and also Israel ( America , Europe and maybe Australia ) . Sometime in this even GOD is going to shake the hell out of earth ( Ezekiel 39:18-23) . Could this be why Nibru or planet X or the brown dwarf star or sun has not made its event yet ? Everything spoken that happens scientist say will happen when this passing event takes place . I also read that this object starts and stops . It’s like Someone or something is controlling it . That is why no one can predict the time of its arrival . According to many this event happened durnng Noah and the flood and Moses and the plagues . And the scriptures say and the SUN of Righteousness shall arise with healing in its wings . note I did not say Son , but Sun ( Malachi 4:1-2 ) .
Nothing will probably happen to Australia as it’s the NWO’s wet dream. There are less Australian’s in Australia than Refugees. Australia is the multicultural country of the megaverse…..
BULLCRAP AND YOU KNOW IT JOHN ROLLS!
It’s a documented proven fact ISIL-ISIS are AMERICAN TERROR GROUP’S. WHO HAVE JUST BEEN CAUGHT RED HANDED WITH TURKEY REPOSITIONING THE TERROR ORG FROM BRUSSELS. YOU SHOULD SHILL FOR NBC,CNN, FOX. 
USSA tried to get Putin to toss the people’s leader Assad aside and failed on Kerry and Brennan’s visit to Moscow.
Now the terrorist governments of Turkey and Saudi Arabia will be green-lighted to attack after a false-flag
by Israel or USSA as the pretext. Sheeple everywhere will buy into this and WW3 will be just as the global
banker’s wet dream depicted.
Gee…………….I did not hear anyone say anything about moving the 80 -50 Kiloton Nuclear weapon there on the base at Incirlik !
I suspect one of two things, Now that the power to be have given up the 5 levels of security to ISSI either Issi is going in there to get the Nukes or Russia is going to bomb the airbase at Incirlik claiming to destroy the Nukes so that Issi will not get their grubby little hands on them and use them on Europe, What say you?
spot on. And Russia and Assad get the blame…
someone has to take action and of course Russia and Iran will be scapegoated because of it, regardless of whatever events precede.
Agreed.