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[Orange Wizard]

Erdogan? Gulen? Erdogan and Gulen? ISIS? ISIS and Erdogan? Gulen and Trump?

[martinuzz]

The highest ranking officer that has been arrested is General Adam Huduti, commander of the Second Army, which is tasked with guarding the border with Syria, Irak and Iran. The second highest ranking officer arrested is commander Erdül Öztürk.

Not sure how well guarded the border with IS is now, with the 2nd Army having no commander.

[Wolfhunter107]

The highest ranking officer that has been arrested is General Adam Huduti, commander of the Second Army, which is tasked with guarding the border with Syria, Irak and Iran. The second highest ranking officer arrested is commander Erdül Öztürk.

Not sure how well guarded the border with IS is now, with the 2nd Army having no commander.

His second-in command is probably in charge now.

[BorkBorkGoesTheCode]

I wonder if militant Islam is being used as the last bastion of misogyny.

[Sheb]

It'd be interesting if Erdo DOES have proof that Gulen is somehow behind it. Although I doubt it, even if the couper were Gulenist, such a rash attempt does look a lot more like they acted quickly because they knew they'd get purged.

[Orange Wizard]

I wonder if militant Islam is being used as the last bastion of misogyny.

Someone tell the feminists, they keep defending it

[Sheb]

The closest thing I've ever seen to feminists defending militant Islam is feminists protesting the various bans on Islamic headscarves and their variation because they feel it isn't up to the state to tell women how to dress.

[martinuzz]

I think he meant the misogeny

[Orange Wizard]

Both, really

[Antioch]

So let's sum up Erdogan's great moves towards a 'safe and stable democracy' in the recent past:

- try to give the president way more power
- imprison more than 2000 people for insulting Erdogan
- shut down pesky news stations reporting independent news
- Make laws to allow criminal charges against members of parliament 
- protect corrupt government officials caught on tape from any form of justice
- Arrest 2750 judges with no proof at all they had anything to do with the coup
- Say they are going to reintroduce the death penalty
- Try to get Gulen extradited even though zero evidence has been presented he even had anything to do with the coup

I actually don't know how to feel about the coup, but Turkey has probably passed the point of no return for turning into a totalitarian dictatorship.

[scriver]

The best way to have a stable democracy is to remove all the opposition, after all.

[Orange Wizard]

"democracy"

[Sheb]

Well, if he doesn't have proof, Gulen won't be deported. Also, he didn't arrest 2700+ judges: he arrested ~150 and had 2700 fired.

But yeah, at this point it's certainly in the realm of "Managed democracy". I guess it'll need some kind of revolt to undo the damage.

[Kot]

Inb4 military makes an actual coup but this time it's over in 10 hours and they succeed completly without any significant harm done.

[martinuzz]

Erdogan held a speech in which he promises to continue to "purge this virus which is responsible for the coup from all our nation's institutions". Followers of Gulen will be removed from all institutions and arrested.

Even though there has been no show of proof that he had anything to do with the coup, Erdogan holds Gulen fully responsible.
"He is in charge of a terrorist organistation that ruined Turkish armed forces. But the will of the people has thwarted his coup".

The Turkish government announces they have full control of Turkey again. There's still some groups of military in Istanbul that have not surrendered, but they are not capable of staging another coup, according to the government's spokesperson. There's also still a number of high ranked officers that have not been apprehended yet, but the spokesperson expects this to happen soon.

So far, 6000 people have been arrested.