“Erdogon addressed a crowd - he went into the crowd and addressed the crowd. “
At the Airport, away from the city streets. His hard core supporters were there - but my question is who are his hard core supporters. I doubt that they are just a bunch of individuals, but rather are predominantly members of groups of some sort, that have been previously organized, agitated, indoctrinated or straight out hired.
I wonder what groups he has. They would need to be identified and planned for, if the General Staff were to plan a future full coup.
Secular soldiers would keep their mouths shut because Erdogan is going to appoint his loyalists into senior leadership.
See the video at the top of this page, starting at 40 seconds. Look at the crowd when they zoom out
http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/latest-updates-on-the-attempted-coup-in-turkey-1.2988895?autoPlay=true
BREAKING: Death toll in #Turkey coup violence rises to 90 killed with 1,154 wounded