The AKP’s Hegemonic Crisis
Erdoğan has unleashed a massive purge in the wake of last month's attempted coup. But he's weaker than he appears.
A month after an attempted coup — and amid a still-ongoing countercoup aimed at radically restructuring the state apparatuses — uncertainty and ambiguity still prevail in Turkey.
However, this much is clear: the abortive putsch has caused a rupture, initiating a new period of unpredictability and repression, and making possible additional breaks with the status quo.
During the two days of violent clashes, 104 putschists, and 246 police, soldiers, and civilians fighting the coup attempt were killed, and over 1,500 people were wounded.
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