Abstract:

The political history of Turkey is loaded with military interventions which are the worst forms of coups. Those interventions that were set out in the Ottoman era have been carried over via gaining new dimensions and features in the Republican period. On July 15, 2016, the last and the most blooded coup attempt took place. The perpetrator of this coup attempt has been the group which was organized all over the state bureaucracy including the army, having extensions as well in the civil society, known as Gulenists, and defined as Fetullah Gulen Terror Organization by the judiciary for a few years. President Erdogan was intended to be assassinated, and all other hubs – foremost the Police- which were to resist against the putchists were intended to be disabled. The coup attempt failed thanks to the resistance of Erdogan and encouraging the people to resist. Western countries have not extended favorable support to the elected government against the coup. Some circles within Turkey have not objected to the coup attempt in clear and strong terms. Overthrowing the coup attempt by a resistance together with several factors and the heroic struggle of the people would contribute to democracy in Turkey in all aspects. This experience would strengthen democratic political culture and would obstruct similar attempts thereafter

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