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Re:Coup attempt underway in Turkey by vmorgulis on Friday July 15, 2016 @06:37PM (#12104268)
The both can be true.

I think the coup is related to the recent position of Erdogan towards Russia.

Re:Coup attempt underway in Turkey by _nedR on Friday July 15, 2016 @11:57PM (#12105171)
This. Turkey apologized to Russia, and normalized relationships with Russia and Israel. Also their Foreign minister talked about mending ties with Syria - Assad's Syria.

All this happened in the space of a few weeks. It was such an about-face from their past postutring. I guess this puts things in context.