Dinara Khalelova
Recently on July 2016, in Turkey was one of the bloodiest coup attempts. Turkey`s armed forces tried to overthrow the President Erdogan. However, thousands of citizens gathered together and were protecting their leader. Before, Turkey has faced two more military coups, but it was the first time, when citizens were involved in standing against of the coup. As a result, this coup in Turkey has failed. So, that coup was special one in the history of Turkey. This short blog will cover several interesting facts about coups, particularly about Turkey and Mali coups.
First of all, it is important to start from looking at the results of coups. It is interesting that sometimes coups reach successful endings. According to Thyne and Powell (2016), approximately the half coup attempts have failed, what means that another half of coups ended successfully. Moreover, authors have calculated the number of coups that led countries to democratization, it is 6 percent from all coups, and the number of coups that led to a dictatorship is 3 percent.
Another interesting thing happened during the coup in Turkey was the increase of requests in Google search with questions “How to stop a tank?” As it was said before, simple people gathered together on streets, and were fighting against the military of Turkey in order to defend their president. For this reason, in YouTube appeared videos with instructions for defeating tanks. In addition to this, opponents of Gulen in order to show their disappointment were trying to humiliate him by firing and destroying all books written by him, and made public toilet from his home, where he grew up.
According to List 25 (2017), one of the most violent coups after 2000 was Malian coup in 2012. The New York Times (2012) claims that Senegal soldiers wanted to overthrow current President Amadou Toumani Touré, and attacked the capital Bamako. As a result, number of victims was a huge, about 15 000 soldiers were killed, but despite this fact the coup has ended successfully. One more interesting thing was posted by The Washington Post that the leader of the coup, Captain Amadou Haya Sanogo several times has trained in the United States.
Recently on July 2016, in Turkey was one of the bloodiest coup attempts. Turkey`s armed forces tried to overthrow the President Erdogan. However, thousands of citizens gathered together and were protecting their leader. Before, Turkey has faced two more military coups, but it was the first time, when citizens were involved in standing against of the coup. As a result, this coup in Turkey has failed. So, that coup was special one in the history of Turkey. This short blog will cover several interesting facts about coups, particularly about Turkey and Mali coups.
First of all, it is important to start from looking at the results of coups. It is interesting that sometimes coups reach successful endings. According to Thyne and Powell (2016), approximately the half coup attempts have failed, what means that another half of coups ended successfully. Moreover, authors have calculated the number of coups that led countries to democratization, it is 6 percent from all coups, and the number of coups that led to a dictatorship is 3 percent.
Another interesting thing happened during the coup in Turkey was the increase of requests in Google search with questions “How to stop a tank?” As it was said before, simple people gathered together on streets, and were fighting against the military of Turkey in order to defend their president. For this reason, in YouTube appeared videos with instructions for defeating tanks. In addition to this, opponents of Gulen in order to show their disappointment were trying to humiliate him by firing and destroying all books written by him, and made public toilet from his home, where he grew up.
According to List 25 (2017), one of the most violent coups after 2000 was Malian coup in 2012. The New York Times (2012) claims that Senegal soldiers wanted to overthrow current President Amadou Toumani Touré, and attacked the capital Bamako. As a result, number of victims was a huge, about 15 000 soldiers were killed, but despite this fact the coup has ended successfully. One more interesting thing was posted by The Washington Post that the leader of the coup, Captain Amadou Haya Sanogo several times has trained in the United States.
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http://beyazgazete.com/haber/2016/7/23/gulen-in-dogdugu-ev-umumi-tuvalet-oluyor-3393022.html
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/10-amazing-facts-about-turkeys-failed-coup-attempt.aspx?pageID=238&nID=102122&NewsCatID=550
Thyne, Clayton L., and Jonathan M. Powell. 2016. “Coup D’´etat or Coup d’Autocracy? How Coups Impact Democratization, 1950–2008.” Foreign Policy Analysis 12(2): 192–213.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/23/world/africa/mali-coup-france-calls-for-elections.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/leader-of-mali-military-coup-trained-in-us/2012/03/23/gIQAS7Q6WS_story.html?utm_term=.6780080b4f55
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