Hitting critical mass.
Studies have shown that the average number of acquaintances (people you recognize somehow) over a 20 year period is upwards of 2,000 people.
With 50,000 people purged and an overall population of 80 million, that would make 1 in 1,600 Turks being purged.
That means that the average adult Turk is an aquintence of, or would somehow recognize, someone that is being purged.
This will instill fear widely in the society, which is probably the very intent -much like a Stalinist purge.
Oh, it’s right out of Stalin’s playbook. I’m just wondering who’s playing the role of Nikolai Yezhov?
It’s pretty obvious that Gülen is Erdogan’s Trotsky. I’d suggest he be careful of ice axes.