Turkey’s fragile democracy under threat following year of turmoil

The detainment of 100,000 people since the failed coup of July 2016, and constitutional reforms that bolster the president’s powers threaten a fragile democracy says Carl Bildt.

It has been one year since the failed coup in Turkey, and questions about the country’s future abound.

The attempted coup was nothing if not dramatic. Mutinous F-16 fighters bombed the Turkish parliament, and 249 people died.