And here the success of Erdogan’s earlier purges of Kemalist generals became evident:

The Coup plotters lacked the high level access to arrest or assassintate Erodgan and other top ranking members of his regime. They also lacked the necessary authority to bring in more of the military.

Erdogan’s Islamast (anti-Kemalist) purgings of the Turkish top level may not have been enough to stop all coup attempts but it was enough to render all coup attempts stilllborn.