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“These are very uncertain times for Turkey. Discipline has broken down, the hierarchy has broken down  . . . What we are seeing is a desperate attempt by the government to remain in control of an armed forces that has imploded.”

“Kuppförsöket slogs visserligen ned, men den turkiska staten har i stort sett kollapsat som ett resultat. Nu försöker regimen försäkra sig om att de inte ska bli utsatta för fler kupper och utrensningarna är ett försök att bryta ner Güllenrörelsen och dess makt”

“With its main pillar, the military, broken, the Turkish state will no longer be able to check a divided society or effectively counter security threats”

“What we have seen in the last few days is the start of a process which will have an impact on Turkey and its armed forces for the next 20-30 years. It is monumental”

“This is going to emerge as a damaged military, far less capable of helping us in the anti-ISIL fight”

“The last two forces left standing in Turkey were the Gulen movement and Erdogan, and they turned on each other”

“Jag ser kuppen som en del av sönderfallet av den turkiska staten. Även om Erdoğan ser ut att gå starkare ur den här kuppen, tror jag att det bara är väldigt kortsiktigt. Han är ganska starkt försvagad och har varit mycket svagare än han ser ut rent publikt.”

“We do not have the full picture, but everything suggests that this coup was triggered by the power struggle that has been raging for several years now between President Erdogan and the cleric Fethullah Gülen”

“This coup was obviously planned quite well but using a playbook from the 1970s”

July 16, 2016: Halil M. Karaveli was interviewed by Aftonbladet on the failed coup attempt in Turkey.