Monthly Archives: July 2016

Jenkins: ‘The coup was caried out in the name of hardline Kemalists, period’

Excerpts of an analysis of the coup attempt by Gareth Jenkins, whose critical scrutiny of Ergenekon case bore weight in understanding its many murky aspects: ”When it first came to power, the AKP had sincerely feared that it could be … Continue reading

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FP: ‘Opposition should not count on gratitude’

‘Rule No. 2 in planning a successful military coup is that any mobile forces that are not part of the plot — and that certainly includes any fighter jet squadrons — must be immobilized or too remote to intervene. (Which is … Continue reading

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