you very much joining us, george friedman.a geopolitical strategist on international affairs and the founder and chairman of geopolitical futures, an online publication that forecasts global events. usnk you so much for joining on bloomberg television. speaking of forecasting global events, did you see this coming? there were many rumors that this was coming, and this was the 18th rumor, and this has happened since i saw it coming. or there any signals leading up to this? i have had a couple of guests ask this. some have said yes, some have said no. what were you hearing and seeing? guest: we are seeing shifts in foreign policy, an opening to israel the military wanted to see, an opening to russia that i don't think the military was completely happy to see. alsonk in retrospect, we all the signals coming. i personally did not. i thought he would remain in place. i did not think the army was secure enough that they could organize a coup without erdogan finding out about it. that is the big supplies -- the big surprise. organizi