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Originally Posted by grindy
German news are reporting about Turkey all the time, but it's usually just abour refugees or some outrage about Erdogan, never a word about the military. Really curious about how things will evolve. And it's really hard to pick a side to root for.
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Personally, I wouldn't mind Erdogan disappearing off the face of the earth, but there is of course the question of, were the coup to be a success, would the military respect the democratic rights of the Turkish people? To gain any trust from the people, they would of course have to promise to hold the appropriate elections and/or referendums, but who knows if they'll bother to make the effort. Should there be a new presidential election though, seeing as Erdogan was elected president by a majority of the voters, I suppose it's very possible that they will elect another president from his party, and it's back to square one, as far as anyone's concerned.