Patrick Cockburn — Turkey, once the great hope of the Middle East, is left weak and unstable

This is a couple of days old but it is still highly relevant and explains the depth of the attempted coup. It also account for why Erdogan and his party are so ripped at the US. Had the coup succeeded, Fethullah Gülen would almost have certainly replaced Erdogan, and Erdogan would now be dead. Erdogan doubtlessly thinks that this plot was CIA run.

The Independent.
Turkey, once the great hope of the Middle East, is left weak and unstable

Patrick Cockburn

ht Chuck Spinney at The Blaster

Dani Rodrik — Is the U.S. behind Fethullah Gulen?

Backgrounder on Gullenism, and analysis of the Turkish coup and US involvement. Important if you are following this.

Dani Rodrik's Weblog
Is the U.S. behind Fethullah Gulen?

Dani Rodrik | Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Dani Rodrik — Is Fethullah Gülen behind Turkey's coup?

Dani Rodrik is Turkish and well acquainted with Turkish politics. The origin of the coup is still murky. It is pretty clear that it was not a false flag engineered by Erdogan to seize more power, but unfolding events reveal that he is not letting the crisis go to waste in that regard either.

The aftermath of the coup has seen the rapprochement of Turkey, Russia and Iran, all of whom have an interest in keeping Syria in one piece, where it is in the interest of the US and the Kurds to partition Syria. 

Dani Rodrik's weblog
Is Fethullah Gülen behind Turkey's coup?
Dani Rodrik

Also

The Duran
Alexander Mercouris: Report of a Russian Tip-Off to Erdogan is True

Some depth reporting on Turkey from Katehon

Some depth reporting on Turkey from Katehon. If this reporting is in the ball park, and I suspect it is based on acquaintance with Korybko's work, it will be interesting to see how Washington spins this.

Background of Turkish Coups in a Nutshell

Andrew Korybko: Post-Coup Turkey Will Be Distinctly Eurasian

Andrew Korybko: Gullen-influenced coup

Pro-American coup in Turkey

After The Coup In Turkey

Alexander Dugin Gave A Press Conference In Ankara

UPDATE:

Erdogan Isn’t Going To Take This Well….

Peter Lavelle


Yunus Soner: Another US bloody mistake