attempted coup in turkey

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Originally Posted by GBBob

My ex Brother In Law's wife is from Turkey and they are there 3-4 x a year and I saw him Saturday and he paints a much different picture of what the people really wanted and also what wasn't shown on TV. Very complex situation that I can't even begin to retell, but what you see isn't always what you get.

it's a mess in turkey. I get that they want democracy...but how valid and democratic an election was the one that put erdogan in office? that office used to be ceremonial...and he's quashed a lot of freedoms.
like most things, it's very complex. and we are more concerned with him staying in power so we can keep doing as we are doing. so, a strong man might have been removed, but would whoever took over allow us to keep using their base for bombing runs?
they say it's secular there--but it seems some don't want that. and then there's some saying the coup was made up. very strange, convoluted.