On the evening of July 15th, international media started broadcasting footage from Istanbul. Tanks were in the streets blocking major roads and communication facilities, and jets were flying overhead. It looked like a coup, and hours later was declared to be a coup attempt by Turkey’s military. By the time the sun had risen over the Bosphorus the next day, the media broadly declared the coup a failure—though judging by the mass purges and repressions that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spearheaded in the ensuing weeks, perhaps that declaration was too hasty.While the Turkish President was outmaneuvering and neutralizing those who …read more
Source: The American Interest
