I’ve been kind of privately, and ambivalently, hoping for another military Atatürkian coup in Turkey for about half a decade now. It’s too early to say whether I’ve been right to long for such a thing or even if what we’re seeing is what I was hoping for.
My ambivalence is mainly a basic respect for representative government combined with a conservative bias against rooting for situations that may involve a lot of unpredictability and potential loss of life.
So, no, this isn’t the kind of thing I had enough confidence to advocate. That’s why I never advocated it.
I just thought it was probably needed as Erdogan had gone off in the wrong direction in so many ways.
Our government may publicly decry this. They have to be officially against military coups in most instances. I kind of doubt that they’re behind it, or gave any kind of wink or nod. I wouldn’t necessarily be upset if they did, but my preference would be for this to be 100% organic.
But Turkey has been through this before, and the Atatürkians are generally the good guys, in my opinion. They’re certainly preferable to Erdogan from the perspective of the West, and I think probably for the people of Turkey as well.
But, again, I’m ambivalent about it. It’s not my country.
Update [2016-7-16 8:9:48 by BooMan]: The worst of all worlds is a failed coup.
