Turkish Coup

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telsor said:
I suspect the Kurds would have a few issues with that (As would the Armenians, if there were any left).

Also worth noting that 100 years ago, Turkey was part of the Ottoman Empire, which included places like Syria (and a lot more besides...even more if you go back a little further).

So the 'strong cultural continuity' is relatively new, and not completely stable....Or at least quite a way short of the Chinese example you use.
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telsor said:
I think the coup was an attempt by at least part of the military to resist those changes...That it failed suggests he's been at least somewhat successful in that endeavor.

It will also provide him with the momentum to make a lot more such changes.
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Its already happened. No one at the top of the armed forces supported this coup. The time for the traditional Turkish coup was about 6-7 years ago off the top of my head. Erdogan got lucky with that one but he would of known one was coming for a while. He's entrenched after the overthrow of the intelligence services.
 
VineyIsLORD said:
Also think of it this way.

Gaddafi had Libya with the highest per capita income of any country in Africa. He also routinely supported liberation groups like the IRA and acted as a respected mediator amongst others when dealing with pro western governments (he managed to free a bunch of western hostages from southern Filipino islamist groups, for example).

So you have a leader who regularly calls the west out on their bullshit, and acts in the best interests of his people, as well as people everywhere.

In that situation, western companies are going to get a shitty deal when working in his country (if they are allowed at all, only Italy really had anything major happening in Libya).

On the flip side look at the horrific legacy of capitalist/neocolonialist South America.
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... and Libya had no debt to our elite bankers. On top of that he wanted world currency to be backed by gold (in which he had an abundance).

Where is this gold now?

On Erdogan, he will eliminate all the brains trust. Basically anyone who opposes him.
 

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medusala said:
"Turkey under Erdoğan may be compared with Putin’s Russia, Modi’s India and Netanyahu’s Israel"

Slightly over egging the pudding?
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Mostly, yes. Not sure why Modi and Netanyahu have been thrown in their but Putin is a good example if you take the more lenient interpretation of autocratic strongman who bends the country to his will for "stability" ie. investing power in the man to counter the deep state forces that constantly threaten to overwhelm the power of the democratic state. More good journalism than hyperbole though.
 
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