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Re:Turkish academics: Remain silent or risk all by afsina on Friday July 29, 2016 @01:50PM (#12188520)
Erdoğan and public was convinced with the coup plan in 2009 ( who knows probably they were plotting for real and gülen supporters in the army exposed it) and Gülen probably have put some (many?) of his supporters among replacements. They are extremely secretive so I doubt anybody got suspicious. I read some of the captive coup army officials statements, they are quite shocking.
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Re:Turkish academics: Remain silent or risk all by AnimalMuppet on Friday July 29, 2016 @02:58PM (#12189067)
Do you believe that those statements were legitimate (that is, truthful, unforced, and actually said by the officers they were attributed to)?

I'm not saying that they weren't legitimate. I have no information one way or the other. But if the regime wished to exploit the failed coup for political reasons, faked statements are one standard way to do that.

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Re:Turkish academics: Remain silent or risk all by afsina on Friday July 29, 2016 @03:15PM (#12189221)
Statements are very detailed and fits the previously known inner workings of the movement. Sure there may be some modifications we never know. They just sound legit to me.
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