“True, the danger of a military coup in Turkey at the moment is close to zero, if only because Erdogan has locked up an entire army college (some 330 officers) on charges of plotting against him. But the parallels between the two countries run far beyond the superficial. For the record, so too did Egyptian still-President Mohammed Morsi try to purge the army last year, although he only removed a few top generals. The Turkish and the Egyptian governments – both democratically elected – have cracked down on the press, rolled back some civil liberties and planned to change the constitutions in ways many citizens found unacceptable.”

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MID-01-030713.html

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