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After reading many of the comments associated with the Post, "BREAKING NEWS: Reports of a nationwide military martial law declared by Turkish Army.", I figured it was proper to help put things in historical perspective.

Too many lack the historical knowledge to understand that what the military is doing in Turkey is a good thing. In essence they have just bitch slapped the president who wanted to turn Turkey into an Islamic state like Iran.
1 posted on 07/15/2016 5:55:39 PM PDT by OneVike
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This of course directly answers the false narrative in the west but now again by Obama (as occurred in Egypt thankfully contrary to Obama’s Islamic Brotherhood) that any military coup is bad. Thus his support of Erdogan the Islamist.


2 posted on 07/15/2016 6:00:48 PM PDT by Lent
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4 posted on 07/15/2016 6:11:12 PM PDT by Nachum (ISIS is alive... and Chris Stevens is dead)
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I thought it might be useful to point out that, according to Stratfor, the Turkish military nowadays is not monolithic in its support for a secular approach to government. The article above takes a historical view but does not recognize changes that have occurred recently in the Turkish military.

The Turkish military right now is split between an Islamist faction and a more traditional secular faction. It is the Islamist faction that is leading the coup (due to a power struggle between Erdogan and another Islamist sect). The more secular faction is opposing the coup, not because they like Erdogan, but because they don’t like the idea of a coup. Also, the secular opposition political party is opposing the coup.

Because of these splits, particularly the split within the military, there is a good chance that the coup will not be successful. You can read more about this on the Stratfor webpage (Stratfor.com).


6 posted on 07/15/2016 6:27:32 PM PDT by RAldrich
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Not after Erdogan purges the military.

Say hello to the “Islamic Republic of Turkey”.


8 posted on 07/15/2016 6:35:12 PM PDT by dfwgator
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Amen. Hopefully the beginning.


9 posted on 07/15/2016 6:41:23 PM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt ("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
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If you are going to kill the king you better kill the king. Turkey just went full Islam. Not good.


12 posted on 07/15/2016 8:53:29 PM PDT by lp boonie (Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment)
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