A military coup was attempted in Turkey this weekend by idiot's. They did not think beyond the moment. As adults, our actions have consequences. The attempted coup in a country with increasing violence was poorly thought out. Around 290 people died during this coup with around 1,400 injured.
Innocent people have been caught up in the aftermath. In an attempt to stabilize his government, President Erdogan has caused the arrest of 6,000 plus individuals.suspected by the government.
2,839 of the arrested were military people. The arrests that makes one raise their eyebrows are the 2,745 judges and prosecutors. I suspect from what I read in the links below, most of the balance of the arrested were people who voiced an opinion that President Erdogan did not like. There is more to this event than is apparent.
I watched news feeds and read information from the following links before blogging.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recep_Tayyip_Erdo%C4%9Fan
http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/17/asia/turkey-attempted-coup/
http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/18/us/fethullah-gulen-turkey/
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-16/tukery-coup-attempt-blamed-on-fethullah-gulen-and-hizmet/7634836
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/16/middleeast/turkey-coup-questions/index.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36818401
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/18/opinion/turkeys-coup-that-wasnt.html?_r=0
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/17/turkey-coup-plot-president-erdogan-rounds-up-thousands-of-soldie/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2016/jul/15/turkey-coup-attempt-military-gunfire-ankara
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-07-16/erdogans-counter-coup-begins-turkey-purges-2745-judges-prosecutors-arrests-hundreds
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