is this the beginning of the end of the erdogan era quest and mark coming to you from berlin quadriga, . peter: welcome to this latest edition of quadriga from berlin. we are addressing a fascinating question today. is it the end of the erdogan era? to address that question and possibly try to answer it, i m joined by three expert commentators. without any further undo, i would like to introduce them. beginning with dilek kurban, a specialist on turkey at the hertie school of governance. she says what we are seeing is a transition to a truly representative parliamentary democracy and the end of one-man rule. tom goeller joins us also today. he has worked for many international media outlets. currently, he s a freelance journalist. erdogan, he says, will find a way to have the election related so his party can claw its way back to power. last but not least, ursula weidenfeld, who has worked for a range of germany s most prestigious business publications. she believes t
is this the beginning of the end of the erdogan era quest and mark coming to you from berlin quadriga, peter: welcome to this latest edition of quadriga from berlin. we are addressing a fascinating question today. is it the end of the erdogan era? to address that question and possibly try to answer it, i m joined by three expert commentators. without any further undo, i would like to introduce them. beginning with dilek kurban, a specialist on turkey at the hertie school of governance. she says what we are seeing is a transition to a truly representative parliamentary democracy and the end of one-man rule. tom goeller joins us also today. he has worked for many international media outlets. currently, he s a freelance journalist. erdogan, he says, will find a way to have the election related so his party can claw its way back to power. last but not least, ursula weidenfeld, who has worked for a range of germany s most prestigious business publications. she believes that
a? the party lost its absolute majority last weekend. in the future, it will not be able to govern alone. attempts by president erdogan to change turkey s constitution to constitute more power in his office have also failed. is this the beginning of the end of the erdogan era quest and mark coming to you from berlin quadriga, . peter: welcome to this latest edition of quadriga from berlin. we are addressing a fascinating question today. is it the end of the erdogan era? to address that question and possibly try to answer it, i m joined by three expert commentators. without any further undo, i would like to introduce them. beginning with dilek kurban, a specialist on turkey at the hertie school of governance. she says what we are seeing is a transition to a truly representative parliamentary democracy and the end of one-man rule. tom goeller joins us also today. he has worked for many international media outlets. currently, he s a freelance journalist. erdogan, he says
country has changed dramatically. there s still no conclusive evidence as to who was behind the failed putsch. but around 40,000 people have since been arrested. and over 80,000 teachers, judges, professors and other civil servants have been suspended or sacked. but many of those affected say they have no connection to the coup. [applause] applause for hakan koçak s before he leaves the building along with some harsh words for the turkish government. we shouldn t be ashamed of ourselves they should be . reporter: the sociologist is one of 19 academics from the kocaeli university who have been forced to resign. colleagues, staff, students all have come to express their solidarity. they say none of those dismissed from their posts belonged to islamic cleric fethullah gulen s organization. and that they re shocked by the public accusation that they are involved in it. the turkish government accuses gülen s movement of orchestrating july s coup attempt. koçak enjoys on
but around 40,000 people have since been arrested. and over 80,000 teachers, judges, professors and other civil servants have been suspended or sacked. but many of those affected say they have no connection to the coup. [applause] applause for hakan koçak s before he leaves the building along with some harsh words for the turkish government. we shouldn t be ashamed of ourselves they should be . reporter: the sociologist is one of 19 academics from the kocaeli university who have been forced to resign. colleagues, staff, students all have come to express their solidarity. they say none of those dismissed from their posts belonged to islamic cleric fethullah gulen s organization. and that they re shocked by the public accusation that they are involved in it. the turkish government accuses gülen s movement of orchestrating july s coup attempt. koçak enjoys one last moment in his office with his daughter. then it s time to go. out in front of the university, he gives a