There are three words missing from the Internet headline: ‘Did Erdogan stage his own coup?’ The three missing words? With Obama’s help.
Online readers, who take false comfort in the belief that this weekend’s military coup is taking place not in the U.S. but in faraway Turkey, are only fooling themselves.
“A US-based Turkish cleric accused of plotting a coup to overthrow the Ankara government has claimed President Recep Erdogan staged the rebellion himself to justify a major clampdown on opposition forces. (Daily Mail, July 17, 2016)