Issues of political persecution in modern Turkey

Abstract

President of the Turkish Republic Recep Tayyip Erdogan accuses the renowned Turkish theologian Fethullah Gulen and his supporters of organizing the failed coup in Turkey on July 15, 2016. This has become one of the main reasons for massive human rights violations and political persecution of certain segments of the population in modern Turkey.
In August 2016, one month after the attempted coup d'état, the number of asylum applications from Turkey to the EU increased by 45%. Among the countries that have granted asylum to political refugees, the top three are Germany, France and Switzerland. 14,640 Turkish citizens applied for asylum in the European Union in 2017.
The target of political persecution in Turkey was certain sections of society that tried to leave their homeland legally or illegally, in order to take refuge in neighboring countries and get to Europe and the rest of the world by the shortest route.
It seems that “doors” to the EU are closing for a long time to Turkey, and the part of society that has become the target of political persecution, will be a serious loss for Turkey, This factor destroys the foundation on which Turkey's European perspective stands. I believe that the time will come when Turkey will take its rightful place in the civilized world along with European states.