The Red Movement Revolt

Revolt
However, an internal Coalition of Sovereign Nations (CSN, a predecessor to the ATO) report claims that during late April of 2016, a internal crisis appeared "The Red Movement Revolt" which puts the blame on Turkey for attempting to destabilize the ERR in hopes of regime change. The Red Movement was a organized moment of all left wing parties and organizations in the ERR, this movement would publicly revolt against the regime, and turn to violence which would begin a uprising. The history of left wing political groups and the traditional establishment in the ERR has been a long history of infighting and political warfare since the founding of the Republic. The threat of a united political left to obstruct the Senate has always been worry of the establishment of the ERR, making it a key factor in any destabilizing force in the Republic's political world.

What was not in the CSN report, was this would be seen as a opportunity to the Thracian politicians in the Senate, which they would spin in their favor viewing this as a crisis, for a precursor to invasion. The capital, where most of the violence occurred became a war zone once the uprising begun, interior troops had difficulty dealing with the situation and called in the Legion, however the government would request CSN help - in response the Grand Duchy of Baltia (GDB, now GDS "Grand Duchy of Samogitia") would send help to crush the uprising.

Rumors began to circulate that the Filii Caesar (FC) Paramilitary group had been involved in clean sweep missions in predominantly democratic liberal areas of the city, where atrocities occurred. But there was no strong evidence of the group's involvement besides blame for the atrocities committed and FC graffiti that was found. But other atrocities did occur under the watch of the regime, when ERR's Frumentarii agents ordered the liquidation of workers ghettos in the city - also coined "Red Streets", these areas held more leftist support - some pointed to the Frumentarii pre-made lists of individuals and their families that would be targeted by the State Security which led to the atrocities.

Nearing the end of the crisis, a ERR Praetorian Legion would be flown into the city and clean out a last remaining Red strongholds. What came to be is not known to the public, as many details may have been fabricated by the regime. But what the official record claimed is a combined force of ERR/CSN forces attacked the last stronghold, killing all within but found a massive stash of weapons - along with documents showing targets of individuals and locations. Documents of European contacts, and papers related to Turkish government support via equipment, and money were found.

It was supposedly discovered in these documents that the Turkish government wanted to support a popular uprising to replace the hostile ERR regime with a friendlier one, even if it is a left wing regime instead of a ethnic Turkish one, or Muslim majority.

The unrest would last a month till about late May, with the many press releases in the "Roman Sphere" accusing, Turkey of subverting the nation state of the ERR, plans were then drawn up for invasion by the Frumentarii. But some outside the region disprove the fact that Turkey had anything to do with the uprising. But even when the Frumentarii began drawing up invasion plans, many in the CSN repeated attempts to order the government of the ERR to wait, as they advised it may be a fatal move engaging in open conflict with Turkey. However, before the CSN handlers to the ERR could make a attempt to veto any motions put forward by the Senate, the NRP declared a bypassing motion in the Senate to vote on the decision of reaction against Turkey. The debate on whether the ERR should take military action or go for a more diplomatic approach would last into the summer, it would not be until fall before any decision was made.