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Why not? Turkey survived a coup. We can critique the governments handling all day but can we at least all agree that when a democracy barely survives a coup it
by DSingularity 7y ago
Why not? Turkey survived a coup. We can critique the governments handling all day but can we at least all agree that when a democracy barely survives a coup it ought to institute policies to solidify the rule of law and endurance of its institutions?
- Twixes 7y agoTurkey did not survive a coup, Erdogan survived a "coup"
- jupp0r 7y agoYour premise of democracy is wrong. Turkey is an authoritarian dictatorship at this point.
- eeZah7Ux 7y ago...and the US is shockingly close to being one.
- colejohnson66 7y agoHow? Genuine question. Is it because Trump? Because while Trump and many of his supporters may be authoritarian, he was still duly elected, and if he had lost, Hillary would be President. In a dictatorship, Obama would have chosen his successor (generally).
- jacquesm 7y agoLet's wait for the next election before we call this one.
- dyeje 7y agoA coup that many think was orchestrated by Erdogan so he could clean house.
- jacquesm 7y agoThat there even was a coup is subject to debate.
- NicoJuicy 7y agoA coup doesn't happen with democracies/countries, it's dictatorships that "survive" coups.
- colejohnson66 7y agoTechnically, a coup is just a violent overthrow of the government. That can happen with democracies; it just generally doesn’t because the people can just vote out the current president if they don’t like him/her.