Following the military coup attempt that took place in Turkey in the middle of July and was suppressed the following day, the debate arose about what awaits Turkey in the future.
"Cleansings in the Turkish army won't have a positive effect on the situation in the region and the strengthening of security. Ankara will again face threats from the Kurdistan Workers' Party which will surely want to take advantage of the situation and undermine the position of authorities," the expert said.
More than 13,000 people, including 8,900 military personnel, were detained after an attempted coup in Turkey. Following the coup, Erdogan said that he doesn't exclude reinstating the death penalty in the country. In response, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker warned that any moves by Turkey to reintroduce the death penalty would immediately end the country's EU accession process.
"Even if there was a time when Ankara developed a long-term strategy of building strategic relations with the West, the ultimate goal of which was to join the EU, now it can only dream of it. If Erdogan lifts the ban on the death penalty and continues other illegal actions against Turkish citizens, his relations with the West will enter a stage of long-lasting crisis. The president risks quarreling with the EU. But so far there doesn't seem to be any chance that Erdogan will abandon his tough stance toward the opposition," Zavari said.
A similar point of view was expressed by political expert Fadi Hakura. In an interview with Sputnik he said that "Turkey is extremely dependent on foreign financial flows" and that the introduction of the death penalty would drastically affect Turkey's economy.