This coup-turned-into-a-purge will have repercussions for the Syrian War and the "fight" against ISIS, which curiously has involved incubating and armed ISIS as well.

The dark nexus between secret intelligence operations and these ongoing wars and destabilizations in the Middle East and surrounding areas have bogged down American interests and cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of people who've been exploited by a sham war fought for phony reasons against bought-and-paid for enemies. The alliance with Turkey is shakier than ever, as the role of the U.S. in the attempted coup remains unclear.

Erdogan's Staged Coup Has Resulted In A Purge Of 50,000 Teachers, Judges, Soldiers And Government Officials

by Michael Snyder

Barack Obama's "friend" in Turkey is a deeply corrupt radical Islamist dictator that has just staged a coup to consolidate his grip on power.  As I have reported previously, 1,845 "journalists, writers and critics" have been arrested for "insulting" President Erdogan over just the past two years, and a couple of years ago he had a monstrous 1,100 room presidential palace built for himself that is 30 times larger than the White House.