Is this coup for real?

[NuclearDem]

6. It seems to be a more complicated situation than usual.

Turkey is at a bit of a critical point in its history. They've been pushing for European Union membership for a long time, but after Iraq, they've seen a major opportunity to assert their dominance in Southwest Asia and essentially rebuild the Ottoman Empire. The conflict between the secular and Islamist parts of Turkish society has basically been a hallmark of Turkish 20th and 21st century history, but it's really been exacerbated by ISIS and the other Islamic extremism born of the Iraq War.

Who knows, maybe this will end up just being the result of a handful of disaffected members of the Turkish Armed Forces and not much to do with some grand shift in Turkish geopolitical positioning, but it's very difficult to apply Western political terminology and understanding to a very distinct and unique political situation in the world.