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(Image from the media.)
We were shocked to hear of an ongoing coup attempt yesterday, and were uncertain what to make of it. After all, Erdaoğan and the military had apparently buried the hatchet in recent years, making a common cause of Turkey's unity and national identity.
It
seems now that the coup was staged by members of the Gülen cult, which
would point the finger at the US- because Gülen is their stooge, as well
as Erdoğan's erstwhile close partner.
Since
Gülen and Erdoğan parted ways, the US has tried to replace Erdoğan
whose unpredictability was fast becoming a liability. Erdoğan defied the
US and, in so doing, moved closer to the military- which could now
return to its usual business of defending the Republic and the unity of
the country. That is precisely what Erdoğan and Gülen had originally
been recruited to prevent. The coup was not launched by the military as
an institution, but by a group, going so far as to detain the Chief of
Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar in the
process.
Erdoğan was in the process of clearing out the government from Gülen's moles- and with the annual promotions coming up in just weeks, they risked being flushed out completely from the military very soon.
If
the coup attempt was really launched by Gülen's moles, as is being
claimed (and is highly probable), then its success would have removed
Erdoğan, but surrendered the country to the US "Greater Middle East
Project", which involves its denationalization and partition. For the
situation just before please see "Turkey's Third Reich?"
For a view from abroad of yesterday's events check out:
