I'm very interested in the potential role of surveillance technology in a scenario like this. Based on the Snowden leaks, I am left with the impression that the

I'm very interested in the potential role of surveillance technology in a scenario like this. Based on the Snowden leaks, I am left with the impression that the concept of a staged event could be modernized to be largely hands off. The government could monitor potential actors and always be one step ahead. They could even reach potential coup collaborators before the planners and threaten/buy them, creating large holes in the effort. By being able to closely monitor as many people as need be, you could safely let a coup attempt play out while maintaining the upper hand the entire time. It sounds like the perfect project for a intelligence team located in the president's basement tech bunker. See http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/03/turkey-big-brother-erdogan-palace.html# http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/03/turkey-big...