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To: OneVike

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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To: RAldrich

Erdogan is in a struggle with his former ally Gulen...
Gulen just happens to be a Hillary Clinton campaign bundler and Clinton Foundation donor as well IIRC...who has a record of sending congresscritters of both parties on junkets to the region.
Gulen is based in the town of Saylorsburg in the Pocono Mtns of Pennsylvania...
and there seems to be a connection between him and the BLM crowd but I haven’t pinned that down yet.


10 posted on 07/15/2016 7:34:55 PM PDT by piasa
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