Measured Terror: The 1926 Turkish Coup

Turkey has a long history of coups, but a failed attempt on the life of President Kemal Atatürk in 1926 had a lasting impact on the country. One foreign journalist recorded the reprisals that followed with admiration – which soon turned to fear. 

Stefan Ihrig | Published in History Today Volume 67 Issue 2 February 2017

Detail from the front cover of French newspaper Le Petit Journal Illustré, covering the execution of the 15 deputies, 1 August, 1926.Is this going to be Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Reichstag fire? Are Stalinist purges coming Turkey’s way?

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