The Turkish military isn't stupid.
They're a well trained unit in a geopolitical hot zone.
They have institutional experience with coups as well, given the country's history.
When the military comes out to overthrow a government, you don't even hear about it until after it's done.
They don't parade tanks around for hours.
They just go in, arrest the government, and then a General makes a public announcement on TV. End of coup.
Furthermore, Erdogan had already purged the military a number of years ago through the Ergenekon trials.
He threw hundreds of officers and journalists in jail over trumped up charges of conspiracy and treason,
with feeble manufactured evidence that would be laughed out of court in a developed country.
In their place he installed sympathizers.
The media came under state control, and the military was bent to his beck and call.
A "coup attempt" of the scale we witnessed last night was rendered simply impossible because of this takeover years prior.
Which is why I'm not buying even for a second that this was a legit coup attempt.
Last night those soldiers rolled out to the streets with tanks, helis and fighter jets.
They were unopposed for hours. Yet absolutely zero efforts were made to arrest any government officials or cabinet members.
In fact their "attempt" was specifically timed for when Erdogan isn't even present in the seat of the government.
They just wasted hours lobbing some bombs around, parading with military equipment, hijacking some TV stations, and terrorizing some citizens.
All mosques began broadcasting from their minarets within seconds of Erdogan's initial public address, in a clearly coordinated effort planned in advance.
Pro-AKP civilians flooded the streets trying to "save democracy" with "Allahu Akbar" chants.
And then the civilian police magically managed to apprehend a very large military force that was infinitely better equipped and trained than they were.
And we're supposed to somehow believe that this shit was real? Yeah, no. Fuck off, Erdogan.
What transpired last night was not a coup attempt. It was a farce. It was pure theatrics, intended to scare the populace, not overthrow the government.
It worked. Erdogan is more popular than ever before.
His constitutional referendum on giving the President broad executive powers, which did not have public support before, will pass in a landslide now.
He already dismissed 2000 judges from the courts today, and preparing the judicial landscape for witch hunt trials. And he arrested 7000+ officers.
Every civilian and journalist who speaks out against him in the country will be locked up for treason even if they've had nothing to do with this "coup attempt".
The country has passed a historic point of no return last night, and is now headed for really dark times.
Buckle up, folks.