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Javaman

(62,531 posts) Tue Aug 16, 2016, 10:46 AM Aug 2016

Are the Turkish Leader Erdogan's Claims of Terrorist Coup Plotting to Be Believed?

http://www.alternet.org/world/erdogan-gulens-party

Three possibilities come to mind:

One, Gülen is such a clever terror leader that his secret objective of taking over the Turkish state was unknown to Erdoğan in 2013, even though his Hizmet organization had been economically and educationally active for over thirty years.

Two, Gülen’s thousands of followers, who are now being purged from their jobs and businesses throughout Turkey, had not yet become radicalized as terrorists.

And three, Erdoğan labeled Gülen’s followers terrorists only after the two men had a political falling out and Gülen’s people, though not Gülen himself, accused Erdoğan of seeking dictatorial control of Turkey.

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Are the Turkish Leader Erdogan's Claims of Terrorist Coup Plotting to Be Believed? (Original Post) Javaman Aug 2016 OP

No. This is an attempt to become more dictatorial. I fear for Turkey. patsimp Aug 2016 #1

I will say that for a "coup", it was horribly planned and executed Blue_Tires Aug 2016 #2

patsimp

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1. No. This is an attempt to become more dictatorial. I fear for Turkey.

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Tue Aug 16, 2016, 11:21 AM

Aug 2016

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)

2. I will say that for a "coup", it was horribly planned and executed

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Tue Aug 16, 2016, 11:41 AM

Aug 2016

I mean, there were numerous basic tasks and objectives that even a high schooler would have listed that were not done... The undisputed #1 on the list was obviously to, you know, kill/capture/arrest/isolate Erdogan

(Which is why I chuckle at all the "CIA" accusations, as if they would ever be this sloppy and half-assed)

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