[DHerion]

Fake coup?

Is it possible Erdogan was behind this ‘failed’ coup...conning disloyal elements in the government to reveal themselves, crush them and take total control with no effective opposition?

[Lent]

Very much so. A clever play to consolidate power and smoke out the secularists.

[sergeantdave]

“Is it possible Erdogan was behind this ‘failed’ coup...conning disloyal elements in the government to reveal themselves, crush them and take total control with no effective opposition?”

How about another possibilty:

Putin was behind the coup so he could smoke out the radical Islamists and target them for destruction.