It is not “out of the blue.” It is out of Ataturk’s Constitution. The Army is the Constitutional Protector of the Republic and has done its duty twice in the past, in the 70s and 80s when the Turkish government was once taken over by the Communists and once by the Islamists. The Army threw the bums out and held power long enough to clean house then stepped back to allow elections and ceased to intervene in the conduct of government. Until the next time that Constitutional provision gets triggered.
An accurate portrayal of the Turkish Constitution.
Erdogan has tried repeatedly in the last few years to amend that provision out of the Turkish Constitution, and has failed to accomplish that amendment.
In Turkey, a Military Coup is NOT an unconstitutional act if the Military performs it to protect the Republic.
The Western Enemedia suppress this fact to demonize the Military and support Erdogan and the Islamic terrorist civilian Turkish government.