Turkey army group announces takeover on TV (Turkish military coup)

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23. I don't believe I said anything about what you said.

Erdogan has been attempting to reverse course on some of his past bad decisions, for a week or two now. That was a sign. Those of us who follow Erdogan have been waiting for it, and he has it coming, so to speak, and the conventional wisdom would be that the military ejecting him from office is a good thing for almost everybody else.

That idea may well be what prompted the military to make its move.

I tend to favor that idea too, but I know enough not to get too optimistic until the dust settles and we see who the replacements are.

And things are very messy there already, the civil war may get worse from this, the jihadis won't take it lying down, the military may not all unite around the new leaders, and various other parties may seek to take advantage of the situation.