The coup's script heavily emphasized on secularizm, govt's betrayal and values of Atatürk it was not portrayted as radical Islam at all. Gulen on the other hand, when he was at Erdogan's side their level of radicalism was more or less on the same level (not as much as now, back then). Since Erdogan shoved him away as "parallel structure in country that betrayed" him and his people seem less radical zince they want to appeal to other bodies of opposition which are secular.I heard of it. It seemed that the coup was organized by the highest exponents of the military, as the ambassades of Turkey all over the world received, half an hour before the coup, a letter which said that the military was going to take control of the country.
Since the coup was supported by Islamic radicals, many blamed a preacher named Fetullah Gulen, who lives now in the US. However, Gulen condemned the coup as well
Compared to what they tried to tackle, coup was not made by radicals whomever they may be.
Still, i believe in staged coup theory.
Regressive liberals were actually the ones who were fawning over religious freedom and saying how horrible secularism implemented in the country. Many leftists saw how regressive that was actually, leftism/Marxism does not strictly portray a political group there are other factors.Turkey's political and social systems have two problems: Islamist ideology and regressive liberalism (regressive cocks). The Islamists want to implement Sharia and regressive liberals want to implement Marxist laws. The coup is to maintain the Turkish secular constitution. Turkey's history of secularism was a complete failure. There were religious discrimination toward Muslims, and the ban on freedom of clothing. It gotten economically successful thanks to Erdogan's rule from 2003 to 2014, where Turkey's GDP from $300 billion (2003) to $800 billion GDP in 2014, but that came with government corruption and media censorship. The Islamists and regressive seculars/liberals are both as bad as each other.
My holiday to Turkey is cancelled now.![]()
I will say, what is the solution? What is the solution to ISIS level religious bigots who were everywhere and their early 20th century while at that? Islam, no matter how you look is a series of laws implemented in 7th century people from a very different geography and culture. Muslims should keep their religious ideals in very personal spaces. Religion should be kept away from state. It should not hinder non-religious people's lives.
Adapting into modern life is not dicrimination, Alevis, Jews, Christians, atheists or any non-believer and non-Sunni Muslim group suffered much more than Sunni Muslims at any rate. Them suffering from discrimination is laughable at best while they are historicly most dominating sect of a religion.
And when came into rule, this happens. They cut throats on streets.
Forget Turkey, were they discriminated in Saudi arabia, what is the excuse for violence there?
That is Islamofascism and there should be zero tolerance, understanding, reasoning towards them since they do not have any.
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