The Good News and the Bad News About Turkey’s Attempted Coup admin, July 19, 2016June 11, 2024 Huffington Post & CommonDreams.org July 19, 2016 The survival of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling Justice and Welfare Party of an attempted coup last week is a mixed blessing. Despite the ultra-conservative policies and creeping authoritarianism of the Erdogan regime, Turks from across the political spectrum opposed the coup, which was attempted by a faction of the Turkish military… The good news is the coup’s failure may be a sign that, for the first time in history, Turkey’s elected government has successfully imposed civilian rule over the military… The bad news is that the apparent success in resisting the military may not be used for democratic ends… Eastern Europe The Progressive Turkey not audio