Word Smith: Putsch
There was a putsch in Turkey! A what? A putsch, it’s pronounced “pooch.” Pooch, as in dog? No, man. Pooch, as in coup d’état.
The government of Turkish Pres. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is in turmoil: he says the country is in a state of emergency, the currency is crashing, the stability of the country is on the brink of collapse. All because of a putsch.
Putsch … as in death to the government leaders, “cleansing of followers of Gulen,” elimination of those trying to harm the State. Purging and firing, assassinations and arrests…Danger is afoot.
The Bosphorus may never be the same.
Henry E. Hooper 