Abstract
If one thing that the failed coup by a small but some of the top hierarchy of Turkish
armed forces on that fateful July 15, 2016 day made clear, it was: the ordinary civilians,
unarmed as they were poured into the streets to defend the government whatever way
they can. This massive public sympathy and support for Turkish President Erdogan and
his government would be hard, if not impossible to understand, without knowing the
historical intellectual, academic, and moral combat between the modernists and Islamist
groups working within the country. Mustafa Kamal had turned Turkey, mostly by force,
from Ottoman Empire into the secular mode using military power. Various Islamic
revolutionary outfits struggled for the revival of Ottoman Empire. Among them Bedi-uzZaman Said Nursi managed to cast a strong influence. A little slow but steadfast effort
influenced by Nursi movement. Islam-shy Western powers managed alternate power
structure against sitting President Tayyep Erdogan. They, however, failed due to result
oriented social work delivered by his regime as Mayor and Prime Minister. It is a lesson
for other revolutionaries and Governments especially for Islamic revolutionaries that if
politicians deliver no power can oust them like a bee from butter.
Obaid Ahmed Khan, Atta-ur-Rahman Arif. (2018) JULY 15, 2016 COUP OF TURKEY: COMBAT BETWEEN MODERNISM AND REVIVALISM, LESSONS TO LEARN, Journal of Social Science and Humanities, Volume 57, Issue 1.
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