Shock events can spark cycles of power consolidation and political repression, as happened in Turkey after the 2016 coup attempt against Erdogan. Where will the January 6 coup attempt lead America?
It also made me remember a conference that I was involved in organizing when the coup attempt in Turkey occurred. A very senior official from Turkey was on the program as a speaker. Our speaker vanished overnight without a trace. We never found out what happened to him.
This post makes a very important point!
It also made me remember a conference that I was involved in organizing when the coup attempt in Turkey occurred. A very senior official from Turkey was on the program as a speaker. Our speaker vanished overnight without a trace. We never found out what happened to him.
That's chilling. It's a terrible situation.