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One thing to keep in mind is that Turkey has had at least 4 successful military coups in the last century, so the people are traumatized in that regard and you
by cm3 10y ago
One thing to keep in mind is that Turkey has had at least 4 successful military coups in the last century, so the people are traumatized in that regard and you won't find many who would support any military-led coup at all, even if it were to remove a full-on dictator.
- sliverstorm 10y agoNot to mention, if the first 4 coups didn't work out in the end, what's to make people feel like the 5th coup will wind up better.
- mda 10y agoTurkey had 2.5 successfull military coups. 1960 and 1980: Old school military colonel - generals. They thought they should show these puny civilians who the real boss was, hanged a few people including a prime minister, oppressed free speech and media. 1998 was different, it was a half coup, they disbanded government, created a huge vacuum of authority, caused the biggest economical depression in Turkish history, oppressed majority of people (Those pesky conservative people, why do they want to go to university?) 2016: They failed miserably regardless of their motivation. I hope this would be a lesson to them, Turks had enough of this crap.
- cm3 10y agoYou may be right and just for the record here's what I've included in the count: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_Turkish_coup_d'%C3%A9tat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_Turkish_coup_d'%C3%A9tat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_Turkish_military_memorandum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_Turkish_military_memorand... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Turkish_coup_d'%C3%A9tat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Turkish_coup_d'%C3%A9tat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_Turkish_military_memorandum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_Turkish_military_memorand...