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.
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).
Not after Erdogan purges the military.
Say hello to the “Islamic Republic of Turkey”.
Amen. Hopefully the beginning.
If you are going to kill the king you better kill the king. Turkey just went full Islam. Not good.