Why Turkish Coup Failed !

[Shimatoree]

Coup against Erdogan failed due to these facts.

1.Turkish economy between 2002 and 2012 caused a growth of 64% in real GDP and a 43% increase in GDP per capita
2. Erdoğan inherited a debt of $23.5 billion to the IMF, which was reduced to $0.9 billion in 2012. He decided not to sign a new deal. Turkey's debt to the IMF was thus declared to be completely paid and he announced that the IMF could borrow from Turkey.
3. In 2010, five-year credit default swaps for Turkey's sovereign debt were trading at a record low of 1.17%, below those of nine EU member countries and Russia.
4. In 2002, the Turkish Central Bank had $26.5 billion in reserves. This amount reached $92.2 billion in 2011. During Erdoğan's leadership, inflation fell from 32% to 9.0% in 2004.
5. Under Erdoğan's government, the number of airports in Turkey increased from 26 to 50.
6. Between 2002 and 2011, another 13500 km of expressway were built.
7. For the first time in Turkish history, high speed railway lines were constructed, and the country's high-speed train service began in 2009.[101] In 8 years, 1076 km of railway were built and 5449 km of railway renewed.
8. Erdogan put greater investments into the healthcare system than any predecessor. As part of the reforms, the "Green Card" program, which provides free health benefits to the poor.
9. Erdoğan increased Education spending from 7.5 billion lira in 2002 to 34 billion lira in 2011, the highest share of the national budget given to one ministry and number of universities in Turkey nearly doubled, from 98 in 2002 to 186 in October 2012.
10. In 1996 1$=222 Lira and in 2016 1$=2.94 Lira (even after recent turmoil.

[Mirza Ghalib]

Fair enough, Shim. Erdogan started off brilliantly, no one's contesting that. Thereafter, the flesh being weak, he went beserk and power, more power and even more power was all that interested him. Add to this the fact that greed also entered the picture. Erdogan, his son and daughter together began making money in the most disgusting ways possible at the cost of thousands of lives in neighbouring Syria.

As for the coup, had it really been one such, it would have succeeded. Many of us get the feeling that it was nothing but yet another False Flag operation which, ever since the Muslim Wars began, has become the most striking feature of modern politics.

Whatever, a real coup will take place in Turkey before too long. Or that at least is the feeling one gets as we see Erdogan going on a rampage of destruction through the Turkish institutions; army, judiciary, media, schools, etc. Necmattin Erbakan never failed to warn us about the mad ambition inhabiting the younger Erdogan. Today his words have been amply proved.