CDA Institute’s Oksana Drozdova considers what went wrong with the putsch. On 15 July 2016, a faction within the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) attempted to overthrow the current government by capturing Istanbul and Ankara. On one hand, the news took the world community by surprise. Turkey, after all, is a NATO member state, a poster country for economic development, and a candidate for membership in the European Union. On the other, the coup was not completely unexpected, keeping in mind Turkey’s history and its current political situation. Read more….