Who says Turkey is unpredictable?

Turkey has gained notoriety for being unpredictable. Not always. Take, for instance, this micro chronology, starting with your columnist?s lines of curiosity, and related events afterwards: 

2006: ?The scenes from soldiers? funerals since 1984 have invariably depicted mourners who are just ordinary people ? farmers and villagers, small shop owners, pensioners, civil servants of lower ranks and the jobless?.  

?Yet for some very bizarre coincidence, not a single important Turk has lost a son in the fight against the PKK [the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party], or has had a son wounded. Not a single cabinet minister, member of parliament, senior bureaucrat, mayor, judge, general, wealthy businessman, corporate executive, celebrity, media director, newspaper columnist, police chief, well-known doctor or lawyer...? ?Great Turkish lies,? Hürriyet Daily News, Sept. 6, 2006. 

2009: Conscript Bar?? Gözen accidentally shoots himself at his barracks in northern Cyprus. The bullet destroyed his spinal cord. He was 21. Medical reports verified that ?he was in need of lifetime medical support? and that ?he was 100 percent disabled.?  

The totally paralyzed Mr. Gözen, not even able to sign papers, was prosecuted by the military for ?making himself unfit to do his military service? and for ?disobeying orders.? The prosecution also ordered Mr. Gözen to pay 1.85 Turkish Liras (about 60 U.S. cents) for the bullet he accidentally shot himself with.  

Oct. 17, 2014: ?[We cannot allow a system] where the poor boy is drafted and the son of the rich man is exempted because he can pay for it,? Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu says in explaining why the system of paid exemption from conscription would be halted.  

Nov. 15, 2014: ?There is...