Sultan Erdogan: Arab Spring ATL

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Are you still updating the TL or has this become an Erdogan-jerk thread?

Gathering ideas, which I have been posting, If I think of anything concrete I'll be sure to update. I also don't want it to get too close to our timeline so waiting a bit. This thread can be used to discuss anything Turkey politics and foreign policy related. Ask anything I'll try to answer best I can. :)
 
Actually I've been wondering how common the opinion that a huge organization of Gulenists were actually behind the attempted coup? I mean the purge that happened afterward basically confirms that's the official story, but most in the West just see it as an excuse to put Erdogan's toadies in power as replacements.
 
Actually I've been wondering how common the opinion that a huge organization of Gulenists were actually behind the attempted coup? I mean the purge that happened afterward basically confirms that's the official story, but most in the West just see it as an excuse to put Erdogan's toadies in power as replacements.

Good question. The Gulenists have presented in the past that they have a pretty influential network so I do think its common opinion they were behind the coup. I don't however think it was as large a network as Erdogan would have you believe. The coup failed because the Gulen organization isn't as strong as say the secularists or nationalists elements. So yes Erdogan did use it as an excuse to remove potential opponents but at the same time the Gulenists were still an issue.
 
Good question. The Gulenists have presented in the past that they have a pretty influential network so I do think its common opinion they were behind the coup. I don't however think it was as large a network as Erdogan would have you believe. The coup failed because the Gulen organization isn't as strong as say the secularists or nationalists elements. So yes Erdogan did use it as an excuse to remove potential opponents but at the same time the Gulenists were still an issue.


That's my opinion on it. I think if the Kemalists/Nationalists/Secularists attempted a coup it would be less pathetic and much more likely to succeed. I mean the first thing you do is take/kill the person you're couping! Not wait until he's out of the country!
 
That's my opinion on it. I think if the Kemalists/Nationalists/Secularists attempted a coup it would be less pathetic and much more likely to succeed. I mean the first thing you do is take/kill the person you're couping! Not wait until he's out of the country!

Yep, It was very sloppy and unorganized.
 
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