Carl Bildt: Europe, stand up for Erdoğan
Supporters stands in front of a screen displaying a portrait of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a rally at Kizilay Square in Ankara on July 20, 2016.
Is Brussels asleep, or just ignorant? That's the question being asked after European leaders responded tepidly to the attempted military coup in Turkey on July 15. Imagine the rebellious military units had succeeded, and some sort of military-political junta had captured the instruments of state power in Turkey.
