Grigory Yavlinsky: "Turkish lesson"

“The political instability of such neighbors as Turkey is a big trouble for Russia. Neither the country nor its leadership are ready for such events. Russia is now busy with military -political games in Syria. However, events in Turkey show how everything can change in one night. Now, after the failure of the rebels, Erdogan will continue to rejection of the principles of the Atatur, a change The Constitution, the usurpation of unlimited powers and the real suppression of civil society, ”said the founder of the Yabloko party in his blog .

"The attempt of the coup in Turkey was the result of this particular course - the populist -authoritarian policy of the nationalist sense. And this is that in Turkey the institutional basis of the state on the eve of the rebellion was wider and stronger than in our country: democratic institutions, representative and judicial power in the Turkish republic are much more real and independent than in today's Russia."

"Violence as a way of getting out of the political crisis is always at a dead end. A direct consequence of the violent change of power is human victims. In Russian comments, the victims in Turkey faded into the background. Instead, Erdogan and his success in the fight against rebellion were the main topic of discussion.

But it is important to understand that even such a short -term coup attempt as in Turkey turned into the death of hundreds of people. It is dangerous to assume that the couch defeated the people who took to the streets. The circumstances of the coup itself, which reminiscent of the uprising of the Decembrists, helped Erdogan, in the very center of the country, with a direct threat to the life of Erdogan himself, but without consolidated support in the highest army leadership and in the elite of the country. "

"Bloody events in Turkey demonstrate that other means for changing the regime, except for political ones, are not. It should finally understand the adventure lovers and those who admire" strong leaders ". Now in Turkey it will be bad: arrests, reprisals against political opponents, even more suppression of freedoms."

"At night, the rebellion among Russian citizens found a lot of those who wanted the success of the Turkish military. This is indicative: a military coup for some supporters of democracy in Russia seems to be an acceptable means of combating the regime. But this is a rude and unforgivable misconception. Democracy is not established by tanks!"

"Events in Turkey are a good reason to recall once again that democratic transformations in Russia are possible only peacefully, only as a result of the elections, no matter what ugly forms they have to wear."