Headlines blared last week regarding a supposed “coup” attempt to overthrow President Erdogan of Turkey.
Whistleblowers have since come forward and provided evidence that Erdogan himself staged the alleged “coup” plot to make himself look better and make his impoverished subjects “rally around the flag.” Such staged, false-flag attacks are quite common in history.
Now Turkish government authorities are doing what government officials have always sought to do in every society.
Warrantless arrests, mass surveillance, roundups of schoolchildren for “treason,” and process-free jail hearings are now part of everyday life in Turkey.
