Pretty much the way it was explained to me, by people I know from Turkey
Trump must have given Erdogan something he really wanted in exchange. Art of the deal.
Turkey will never change. They’re locked into their Ottoman Empire dreams, which in reality died well before WW1. Anyone with any common sense there (i.e. non religious form of government) will not survive.
-SB
It gone into in depth on FR at the time. Pretty clear the “coup” was a move by Erdog to get rid of any non-loyal mil., and blame on Gulen. They are both evil.