MintPress 17-01-25 Original post Cached copy How Turkey’s Coup Attempt Spiraled Into A Dangerous Descent Towards Dictatorship MintPress - 2017-01-25 - Original post - Cached copy Under a portrait of Turkish Republic founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk,Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan chairs the cabinet meeting, in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, July 25, 2016. (Presidential Press Service/AP)