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2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt, an Uncommon card
On the evening of 15 July 2016, an attempted military coup occurred in Turkey, orchestrated by a faction within the Turkish Armed Forces of 8,500 soldiers and military cadets, identifying themselves as the "Peace at Home Council".
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 96
- DEF
- 99
- Power
- 195
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 170,000
Ranked #39 of the 2,999 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Armed troops attempted to seize control of several key locations in Ankara, Istanbul, and Marmaris but were defeated by a mix of loyalist soldiers and civilian protestors.
- The Council cited an erosion of secularism, elimination of democratic rule, disregard for human rights, and Turkey's loss of credibility in the international arena as reasons for the coup.
- That same evening, Erdoğan stated that they had evidence the coup leaders were linked to the Gülen movement, and alleged that the United States was harboring Gülen.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt article was read about 170,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 96 and blocks with 99: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Pivox, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.


