The phrase “never a dull moment” is probably meant to describe Turkey. Indeed, for Turkey’s observers, whether they are veteran political figures carefully monitoring the developments from outside or those foreign residents belonging to expatriate journalist community, “There is never a dull moment in Turkey” is a consensus motto.
The weekends are not exempt. They could even be more electrified in the political sense as Saturday, May 10, proved to be. The news bombshell fell to smart phones as text messages and those Turks who rushed to their TV screens witnessed an unprecedented drama unfolding: Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was stalking out of the hall dragging President Abdullah Gul, who was sitting on his left, and four-star Chief of General Staff Necdet Ozel, sitting on his right, behind him while shouting "This is indecency!" to professor Metin Feyzioglu, chairman of the Union of Bar Associations of Turkey, who was then addressing the meeting.
