Why are coups in Turkish history so common?
Pic related, 1960 coup
Because maintaining the Kemalist ideal of a secular republic in a country inhabited mainly by illiterates from the Anatolian steppe is very difficult to do otherwise.
Think of the military as a shock collar that activates whenever the dog leaves the lawn.
>>1418468
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_state
It's interesting stuff.
>>1418474
May some religion non-specific creator being or force bless the Turkish military.
The Turkish Army has been a powerful secular force ever since Kemal Ataturk.
They see themselves as the keeper of that tradition.
Erdogan has pulled back on their political power.
What this coup attempt is about is not known, yet.
>>1418468
When Turks were originally brought to the Middle East, they were slaves. However, they were trained in combat, literacy, governance, etc. As such, they formed a powerful political force and could control internal politics. The Delhi Sultanate and Mamluk Egypt were founded by such slaves.
The Ottoman Empire followed suit, by kidnapping East Euro boys and raising them to be master soldiers and governors. The Janissaries, as they became known, wielded a lot of power and influence in the Ottoman Empire. They often waged palace coups to depose of sultans they didn't like and they became increasingly uncommitted to combat. As such, they were eventually purged entirely.
Then you have Ataturk, a former military leader, who took over Turkey and ousted the caliph.
Anyways, it's a Turkish tradition of having the military be influential in the areas of politics.
It's written into their government, no?
Similar to the following in the US Declaration of Independence;
>That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government
Just much more explicit and an obligation of the military, not just the people.
>>1418506
It makes sense that a country founded within a culture of militarism would look to military so often for political leadership... and cleansing.
They were not brought to the Middle East though... they came en masse via horseback a couple centuries after the last wave of horseniggers did
>>1418474
>Anatolian steppe
Anatolia is mostly mountains.
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