2016-07-16aljazeera.com

It was dark because even in today's highly-connected and transparent world, a small group of putchists driven by a narrow agenda were able to plant bombs in the national parliament, briefly take over TV channels and news agencies and kill civilians as well as officials.

The bombing of the national parliament and presidential palace has no precedence in Turkish history.

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Though we use the word coup to describe what took place yesterday, this is for the sake of convenience. It was, in fact, more than a coup. Most of what happened yesterday has no parallel in Turkey's previous ignominous coup d'etats.

It was more like a terrorist campaign conducted by a small group of people aiming to maximise the levels of horror by hitting their targets indiscriminately. So many people have lost beloved ones as a result.

... yesterday's failed coup has revealed the danger posed by the Gulenists. Now the world knows what Turkey means when it describes this group as a state within a state that poses a threat to Turkey's democracy, its politics and its people.

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Rejecting the coup has now become Turkey's new common denominator. Given the political polarisation of recent years, yesterday became a rare symbol of national unity for Turkey.



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