On Turkey’s Classical Revolution of July 15
Abstract
The British, American and French revolutions are called as classical revolutions. They carry three main components of revolutions: a period of time in which political changes occur expeditiously; an intensive competition and/or fight between different groups to monopolize political power; and relatively extensive public/popular participation during almost every phase of the ongoing political transformation process. The same goes for what the Turkish people commited on July 15. It is a big event that has the three components of revolutions. Turkey is now among the nations that have a saga to support freedom and democracy.
Keywords
Revolution, political change, violence and revolution, coup, political system, democracy