(July 15, 2016 at 5:34 pm)abaris Wrote:

(July 15, 2016 at 5:31 pm)pocaracas Wrote: I certainly hope this is not one of these cases.

In Turkey it never was. As I said before. This is the third turkish army coup I remember. They always stepped in to protect the secular constitution and stepped down once a stable civil government was installed.

That's good to know.

I hope our noses are clean on this.

Explosions reported at TRT channel HQ....

One of the most important things either side can do during any coup is to claim their own side had already gained near total control as soon as one gains control of some form of media, regardless of whether that is fact or fantasy.

This reassures diehards, encourages fence sitters who were leaning towards one's own side, and create doubt and confusion amongst the other side.

So I would wait until something more definite before judging whether the coup had succeeded.

(July 15, 2016 at 5:50 pm)Minimalist Wrote: I hope our noses are clean on this.

Our hands probably are not.

Do you guys think the coup will succeed?

If the whole military is indeed behind this, it should succeed.
If it's just some minor military group, then...

(July 15, 2016 at 5:50 pm)Minimalist Wrote: I hope our noses are clean on this.

Why? This would be at least one worthy instance. But I'm rather sure it's the military as usual. They probably had it up to their eyeballs with their wannabe islamist dictator. Time to defend the secular constitution again, first time since 1980.

(July 15, 2016 at 6:13 pm)pocaracas Wrote: If the whole military is indeed behind this, it should succeed.
If it's just some minor military group, then...

You mean like every other coup d'etat in history? Got it.

(July 15, 2016 at 6:20 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:

(July 15, 2016 at 6:13 pm)pocaracas Wrote: If the whole military is indeed behind this, it should succeed.
If it's just some minor military group, then...

You mean like every other coup d'etat in history?  Got it.

All predictions come from prior information.