Had the coup succeeded, Turkey would have been like Sisi's Egypt

July 15 was a day for Turkey on which the traps set by the forces of evil were turned upon their own heads, and the coup plotters saw by what kind of coup they were overthrown. A day on which evil, at a moment when it felt itself strongest and was reveling in the arrogance of its power, was toppled by a simple heedlessness into which it fell. Had that ominous coup attempt succeeded, God forbid, then today, July 15, would again have been an occasion for celebration. Official celebration ceremonies would probably have been held again, without the people, or perhaps with the participation of segments of the public whose eyes were blinded by hatred toward Erdoğan. Of course, these celebrations would have been the stage of orations in which the people's grief, captivity and ill fortune deepened still further, and the country's setback of at least fifty years was shamelessly ignored.

Just as in Egypt. The 4th anniversary of Turkey's July 15 coincides at the same time with the 7th anniversary of the disgraceful coup that took place in Egypt. That coup was in fact taking place simultaneously with the Gezi events in Turkey. In Turkey, as a result of the Gezi events, the stage was being set to head toward a coup that some characterized as a revolution. Just as in Egypt, at the end of the same scene, the bloodiest, most savage coup in Egyptian history took place.

The Gezi incident and the coup in Egypt were projects supported by the same centers, whose language, discourse and all arguments and instruments ran parallel to each other. I can say this as someone who happened to be in Egypt at that time and had the opportunity to observe it closely. For Muhammad Morsi, who had not yet been in power for a year, had not been able to form a proper government, whose Parliament had been dissolved, and all of whose executive institutions had been thoroughly weakened, the ground for rebellion was being prepared by saying "he has become authoritarian, he is not sharing power, he is trying to rule Egypt alone, he has not solved Egypt's problems."

The first elected President in the relatively proper elections of Egyptian history was thus not given even a year to solve the country's chronic problems. Such an atmosphere was stirred up that many people had begun to believe that Morsi really was a dictator. Yet in the face of the armed forces and other security institutions, the constitutional court and other institutions that resisted him and constantly maneuvered behind his back, let alone a dictator, he had not even been able to become President although he had been elected.

Meanwhile the outcome is plain to see. The primitive and severe despotism established in the country by those who seized the situation by criticizing Morsi for becoming a dictator is plain to see. At present Egypt is like a complete open-air prison. Those who staged a coup because Morsi could not solve Egypt's chronic century-old problems within a year have set Egypt back economically by at least fifty years.

Egypt, one of the very important central countries with its history and geography, has today become the servant of a tiny BAE, spoiled by its money, with no history, identity or character. The country is getting worse with each passing day; it has fallen to the level of a subcontractor country with no word to say to the world and no value to represent. This is the greatest harm that coups can do to a country. Because the coup plotters begin by betraying their peoples, they have no concern for developing their countries or providing a good life for their peoples. Their only worries are their own security and their own future. To ensure this, there is no value they would not sell or squander.

In the 7 years that have passed since the coup in Egypt, the Egyptian people have continued to take blow after blow from their coup plotters. Tens of thousands of people held in dungeons without question or inquiry, with no regard for any human right, are subjected to every kind of torture in the harshest conditions and are in any case being dragged slowly toward death. Relatives of people who have somehow managed to flee abroad are taken hostage regardless of age, their property is confiscated, and some are executed in their homes in broad daylight under the guise of an operation. Countless examples of this are lived in Egypt as ordinary incidents.

On top of all these practices, every year at this time these disgraces that have taken place are celebrated with ceremonies, called a Revolution. The people's deliverance from Morsi is celebrated with glittering official displays. Celebrations that have no connection with the people. In ceremonies attended by the rulers who have brought the country, with its people, its economy and its politics, to the lowest point of its history, Morsi's government period of less than a year is moreover presented as the cause of all the evils the coup plotters have brought about.

Yet everyone knows what happened.

Sisi draws the picture of what the coup plotters can do when they succeed. To what state they can bring a country, to what dimensions of oppression and despotism they can reach.

It is a perfect example that anyone who wants to take a little lesson can watch.