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Does anyone have an explanation, or a link to an explanation for all the happenings in Turkey? I'm an occasional follower of this kind of stuff, but it would be

Does anyone have an explanation, or a link to an explanation for all the happenings in Turkey? I'm an occasional follower of this kind of stuff, but it would be great to understand the full situation in Turkey in an easily digestible way. 1. The current coup 2. The president's history 3. The different terrorist groups operating within the country and their beliefs and goals 4. Turkey's legal system and freedoms allowed 5. Information on past coups 6. The general beliefs and sentiments among Turkish people Edit: And a simple question that I'm sure is a complex answer: is this attempted coup bad or good for a peaceful free turkish people?

zygomega 10y ago
The army is secular. Every 20 years they remove some dictator or zealot that the system seems to throw up regularly. I'm not sure if there's been a split in the armed forces before, but the police always cop a hammering.
- rimantas 10y ago
  More like ten: 1960, 1970, 1981, 1993, 1997, 2007 — threat of the coup. I hope I got years right.
- usrusr 10y ago
  The army was. Erdogan has gone to great lengths to dismantle the army's tradition of constitution over nominal leadership. Already years ago people started to suspect that this time, there won't be a coup like so many times before. If what the government claims is true ("Gülen parallel structure"), then the coup was staged by people who got into army leadership positions as replacements for ousted kemalists, back when AKP and Gülen were still allies.
niftich 10y ago
Wikipedia is actually a really good source for this kind of info, but since it's technically editable by anyone, I'll try to give you three other sources from three different countries: [1] BBC's country profile on Turkey: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-17988453 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-17988453 [2] CIA's world factbook on Turkey: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tu.html https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/... [3] Aljazeera's country profile on Turkey, from 2011: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/spotlight/turkeyelection/2011/05/201152681736336942.html http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/spotlight/turkeyelection/20...
ethanbond 10y ago
The linked Atlantic article is REALLY robust. It's not just a Twitter feed!
davars 10y ago
Printed last Tuesday: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/07/12/world/europe/recep-tayyip-erdogan-turkey.html http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/07/12/world/europe/recep-tayy...
frankquist 10y ago
Additionally I wonder how bloody (vs. clean) past coups have been; seeing videos of civilians under fire, so this doesn't seem to be the most benevolent of coups.

zygomega 10y ago

The army is secular. Every 20 years they remove some dictator or zealot that the system seems to throw up regularly. I'm not sure if there's been a split in the armed forces before, but the police always cop a hammering.

rimantas 10y ago
More like ten: 1960, 1970, 1981, 1993, 1997, 2007 — threat of the coup. I hope I got years right.
usrusr 10y ago
The army was. Erdogan has gone to great lengths to dismantle the army's tradition of constitution over nominal leadership. Already years ago people started to suspect that this time, there won't be a coup like so many times before. If what the government claims is true ("Gülen parallel structure"), then the coup was staged by people who got into army leadership positions as replacements for ousted kemalists, back when AKP and Gülen were still allies.

niftich 10y ago

Wikipedia is actually a really good source for this kind of info, but since it's technically editable by anyone, I'll try to give you three other sources from three different countries: [1] BBC's country profile on Turkey: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-17988453 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-17988453 [2] CIA's world factbook on Turkey: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tu.html https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/... [3] Aljazeera's country profile on Turkey, from 2011: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/spotlight/turkeyelection/2011/05/201152681736336942.html http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/spotlight/turkeyelection/20...

ethanbond 10y ago

The linked Atlantic article is REALLY robust. It's not just a Twitter feed!

davars 10y ago

Printed last Tuesday: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/07/12/world/europe/recep-tayyip-erdogan-turkey.html http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/07/12/world/europe/recep-tayy...

frankquist 10y ago

Additionally I wonder how bloody (vs. clean) past coups have been; seeing videos of civilians under fire, so this doesn't seem to be the most benevolent of coups.