On July 15, 2016 Turkey allegedly experienced a coup attempting to overthrow the government of President Recep Erdogan. I commented from the start that the coup seemed like a staged, fake coup - in which no military or political leaders were killed, kidnapped, or arrested - no list of demands was made, and no signs of a serious takeover attempt were present. But the fake coup allowed Erdogan to arrest tens of thousands of judges, military officers, university professors, TV and radio commentators, newspaper reporters - and anyone else who had voiced their opposition to his rule - now strengthened into a dictatorship.