| Home | Articles | Blog | Reviews | Spoken | Books | Biographical | Middle East Forum | About this site | Mailing List |
Turkish Coup
Reader comment on item: Violence in Turkey
Submitted by Kepha (United States), Jul 15, 2016 at 18:56
Any idea on who is behind the Turkish coup?
(1) Is this what is left of the Turkish military's "Old guard" trying to save the Kemalist legacy?
(2) Is this the Turkish military's "new guard" put in by Erdogan himself showing its frustration at Erdogan not moving quickly and effectively enough to re-Islamicize the Turkish state?
Note: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the authors alone and not necessarily those of Daniel Pipes. Original writing only, please. Comments are screened and in some cases edited before posting. Reasoned disagreement is welcome but not comments that are scurrilous, off-topic, commercial, disparaging religions, or otherwise inappropriate. For complete regulations, see the "Guidelines for Reader Comments".
Daniel Pipes replies:
- It appears to be, yes.
- No, because the military controls its own promotions except at the very top.
Reader comments (2) on this item
 |
 |
Title | Commenter | Date | Thread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Turkish Coup [56 words]w/response from Daniel Pipes | Kepha | Jul 15, 2016 18:56 | 230447 | ||
| 1 | Turkish situation [41 words] | Kevin in Chicago | Mar 27, 2016 20:50 | 228596 |
Latest Articles
Follow Daniel Pipes
All materials by Daniel Pipes on this site: © 1968-2024 Daniel Pipes. daniel.pipes@gmail.com and @DanielPipes
Support Daniel Pipes' work with a tax-deductible donation to the Middle East Forum.Daniel J. Pipes
(The MEF is a publicly supported, nonprofit organization under section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Contributions are tax deductible to the full extent allowed by law. Tax-ID 23-774-9796, approved Apr. 27, 1998.
For more information, view our IRS letter of determination.)