Originally Posted by Gigantic Debaser

Oh, I'm sorry. My interpretation of your phrasing led me to believe that you were saying that, if this coup was indeed unexpected, it would mean you were ignorant in previously assuming (the way I read it) that this was a foregone conclusion, or something. Anyway, bad reading comprehension on my part.

Apparently, the military has been frowning their noses for quite some time about Erdogan trying to push the country's legislation in a more conservatively religious direction, as they themselves want Turkey to remain a somewhat secular country, as Atatürk envisioned it.
But yeah, I guess the coup is ultimately unexpected, although Miss P, being more of an insider to the country's affairs than any of us, for obvious reasons, would probably be able to give a more in-depth picture of the situation, were she on-line.
Hope she's staying safe, anyway. Heard there was shooting going on in Istanbul as well as Ankara and some other major cities, so I suppose now is not a good time to be out and about.