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Originally Posted by nik-
Turkish military is traditionally secular is it not? Perhaps they had enough of the swing to a religious state Ergodan seemed to want?
Am I mixing up my countries and the stances of their respective militaries?
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Turkish military is traditionally secular. They kept Turkey moderate and pushed them towards the EU in the first place with a policy towards economic growth. Erdogan and his Islamists destroyed all that. Curtailed press freedoms, started teaching conservative forms of Islam in schools, rigged elections, bought oil from ISIS and sent arms back the other way. It will be a good day when he is gone.
Mind you I don't know what this will do to the stability of the country. He purged a bunch of the secular military awhile back so I don't know how the coup leaders are.