Turkey: Erdogans Gamble, 2015. Lefteris Pitarakis /Press Association. All rights reserved.Mahmood Delkhasteh (MD): Is there any difference between the 14 July coup and previous coups in Turkey?
Abolhassan Banisadr (AB): Until last month’s coup, the putsches which were conducted by the Turkish army were carried out under the pretext of defending laicite against violation. Each coup set Turkey back years, which was the main reason that all political parties and even Erdogan’s fiercest opponents condemned the coup.
It seems that the political organizations have understood that their place is within civil society and not in the army or bureaucracy, since the latter leads to despotism, corruption and violence.
