The coup faction is an imam (Fethullah Gulen) living in Pennsylvania who is the follower of an early 20th century religious Sheik called (Said-i Nursi). He has

The coup faction is an imam (Fethullah Gulen) living in Pennsylvania who is the follower of an early 20th century religious Sheik called (Said-i Nursi). He has tens of thousands of policemen, soldiers,officers as followers. They wanted to implement rule of Sharia. Erdogan is also another religious-minded politician who had similar goals. Till 2012 they were good buddies and have the same audience, conservative, religious poor people. It's kind of their post-2012 battle for power in all parts of state, economy. Fethullah is weak in public support so avoids politics, but organized very well. They are like a spy organization. I don't know anything similar in Western politics. They were about to be expelled in 2 weeks from Army posts, but made a last ditch effort to grasp power and topple Erdogan.