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Re:Wikipedia blocked in Turkey by barry-cotter on Saturday April 29, 2017 @11:44AM (#14227064)
None of them bore any resemblance to Erdogan. All the previous ones were the army emerging from its barracks, deposing democratically elected and popular governments they thought too Islamic/not secular enough and returning to their barracks. The current political situation is a result of the increasing democratisation that the EU encouraged. Erdogan would never have been tolerated before.
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Re:Wikipedia blocked in Turkey by andybak on Saturday April 29, 2017 @12:49PM (#14227416)
In this case it's especially ironic. The Army regarded themselves as the guardians of Turkey's secular democracy - even if that meant acting anti-democratically. This is of course a problematic position.

Now Erdogan - as a result of genuine democratic support- has gained enough power to make his move and has resolved to dismantle democracy and weaken certain factions in the Army to protect himself against any similar future coups.

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Re:Wikipedia blocked in Turkey by petre on Monday May 01, 2017 @03:10AM (#14236050)
Actually the kemalist factions in the army and police were the guardians of secularism (not quite a secular democracy but close) until Erdogan took care of them.
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