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yeah i was also impressed with their multi-city coordination but without the full suport of the military they were destined to struggle. turkey's president is a piece of **** so it's a shame that they failed, but i have to reserve judgement until i know where these civilian deaths stem from.
the military behind the coup urged folks to stay at home, while the government encouraged folks to take to the streets. no doubt this contributed to the death count, but it doesnt help the military behind the coup at all if they are the ones that killed civilians.
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Based on what I heard about the military and previous coups, I'm surprised the full military wasn't involved. He's an elected and (generally) liked President, but he's trying to change the constitution which the military is supposed to defend. I also thought it was naive of the President of Turkey to tell his citizens to go into harm's way by going out onto the streets. That might be the only reason the coup failed, though. Yea, I figured casualties were impossible to avoid but that was a lot of pointless deaths that shouldn't have happened.