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One crucial difference is that the military juntas of the past always gave the power back to the civilians after setting the country back to its “factory settin
by sukruh 10y ago
One crucial difference is that the military juntas of the past always gave the power back to the civilians after setting the country back to its “factory settings." The most brutal of the coups, the one in 1980 in which about 50,000 people were jailed/tortured, created the constitution that was in force until now. It was the checks and balances in that constitution that were completely dismantled yesterday.
In contrast, Erdogan is not the type to leave power peacefully.
- low_battery 10y agoChecks and balances? 1982 constitution was a horrid piece of work and it took decades to patch it up to a miserable kinda working state. Indeed it is a pity that this vote was not to completely destroy that junta crap and install a new modern constitution.
- sukruh 10y agoThat's correct - the 1982 constitution was far from being truly democratic - but it did have some oversight mechanisms over the executive branch. Now, one guy can rule by decree and renew elections at will.