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.