Turkey coup - blank check for Erdogan? | Quadriga

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It all began last Friday, when tanks appeared at strategic locations in Istanbul and military jets and helicopters were spotted over the capital Ankara. The uprising quickly crumbled but hundreds were left dead or wounded.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ordered a massive wave of arrests, with thousands of members of the security forces and judiciary detained. Erdogan is leaving nobody in any doubt that he intends to rule with an iron fist. And he’s talked of reinstating the death penalty.

Worrying developments for sure and our question on Quadriga is: Turkey Coup - Blank Check for Erdogan? Contact us and tell us what you think: quadriga@dw.com

Our guests:

Seda Serdar - head of DW Turkish News service - she says: "Erdoğan doesn't need anyone to give him a blank check. He is doing what he wants."

Antje Bauer - is an Islam scientist and journalist. She thinks: "Turkey has a new national hero: Mr. Erdoğan. He is an image of his time as his predecessor, Mr Kemal Atatürk, was."

Alan Posener - british german Author at the Berlin daily newspaper "Die Welt", he says: "Nobody is about to give Erdoğan a blank cheque. But demonising him will help neither Turkey nor the West."