The attempted military coup could be for a single reason or a combination of issues.
"Turkey has a long history of coups but Erdoğan’s Islamist-leaning government was believed to be in a stronger position than previous civilian administrations, with the president’s position shored up during a decade of economic success. He also inserted loyalists into key parts of the state apparatus and increasingly cracked down on suspected plotters.
But recent events have destabilised the country, with Kurdish rebels fighting a new insurgency in the south-east of the country. The Syrian civil war has also spilt over into Turkey, with Isis mounting a series of terror attacks across Turkey in the past year, killing hundreds.
Erdoğan’s Islamist-aligned government was also perceived by liberal wings of Turkish society to be infringing on the secular traditions established by the father of the modern Turkish state, Kemal Ataturk".
The tipping point could be one of many reasons. The intensification of the rebellion by Kurds, brutally suppressed by the Turkish military, but getting more arms due to Syria and their coordinated fight with the Syrian army in Northern Syria and/or Erdogan making approaches to Assad and Russia.
"Turkey has a long history of coups but Erdoğan’s Islamist-leaning government was believed to be in a stronger position than previous civilian administrations, with the president’s position shored up during a decade of economic success. He also inserted loyalists into key parts of the state apparatus and increasingly cracked down on suspected plotters.
But recent events have destabilised the country, with Kurdish rebels fighting a new insurgency in the south-east of the country. The Syrian civil war has also spilt over into Turkey, with Isis mounting a series of terror attacks across Turkey in the past year, killing hundreds.
Erdoğan’s Islamist-aligned government was also perceived by liberal wings of Turkish society to be infringing on the secular traditions established by the father of the modern Turkish state, Kemal Ataturk".
The tipping point could be one of many reasons. The intensification of the rebellion by Kurds, brutally suppressed by the Turkish military, but getting more arms due to Syria and their coordinated fight with the Syrian army in Northern Syria and/or Erdogan making approaches to Assad and Russia.
