A man holds a Turkish flag during an anti coup rally at Taksim square in Istanbul, Tuesday, July 26, 2016. Turkey’s polarized factions should learn from their mistakes and overcome their antagonism, the main opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu said during an interview with The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
Source: Time
Danismaz is president of the Turkish Heritage Organization
‘To cast Turkey loose now would forfeit our influence in the region and end a decades-long alliance’
The bloody coup attempt that left more than 200 people dead and nearly upended Turkey’s democratic institutions has shaken the country to its core.
I saw that dark moment—arguably the darkest in the country’s sad history of military dictatorships—unfold first-hand. I was on a plane to Istanbul when the coup plotters shut down the airport, then landed in the middle of the attack and stayed there for several weeks to witness the chaotic aftermath. There was a feeling of a nation under siege, being attacked from all sides.
Turkey has been battered by terrorism. Its most urgent need now is to defend itself and its democracy.
But the West’s response threatens to complicate how the U.S. and its NATO allies work with a country on the front lines of the global fight against ISIS. To cast Turkey loose now would forfeit our influence in the region and end a decades-long alliance. It could also drive Turkey into the arms of Russia—the wolf scratching at its door, which would like nothing more than to distance Turkey from the West.
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I strongly believe that Turkey will be a Islamist state that discriminate against religious minority, I do not see a Christian minister in Erdogan cabinet (Am I wrong ). Now, Erdogan has destroyed Islamic sect such as Gulensm. Very sad, pity and outrageous. Turkey people will pay the high price for Erdogan’s mistake soon or later. Coup and oppressor are evil, Allah will curse and punish severely.
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