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The cover of French newspaper Libration on July 17, 2017. The headline reads: "Turkey: But who wil stop Erdogan?"

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Divisions over Macrons housing tax in France. Mays fractious cabinet gets top billing in London.

By Saim Saeed

7/17/17, 12:02 PM CET

Updated 7/18/17, 12:41 PM CET

Its been one year since a failed coup tried to dislodge Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoan from power. In the year since, thousands of government officials, soldiers, police officers and lawyers, as well as academics and opposition activists, have been arrested and jailed, allegedly for colluding with the coup plotters. Also in that time, Erdoans relationship with Europehas worsened, putting Turkeys chances of entering the EUeven lower. Commemorating the one-year anniversary in a large rally in Istanbul, the Turkish leader promised to break the heads of the coup plotters and to reinstate the death penalty, despite capital punishment being a red line for EU negotiators. While Turkeys pro-government press hailed the presidents words, the European press lamented them.

Pro-government paper Akam: Stopping the tanks with the fist: there is no other country [like Turkey] referring to Erdoans success in averting the coup attempt. Centrist Hrriyet Daily News led with Millions mark failed coup bid anniversary. (Its Turkish language version led with the same headline as Akam.) Opposition newspapers Cumhuriyet and Szc ignored Erdoan on their front pages entirely.

Left-leaning Libration and Catholic paper La Croix focused on Erdoan and the coup anniversarywith grim assessments of the current state of Turkish politics. Libration led with But who will stop Erdoan? And La Croix: Since the failed putsch, its only been a year, President Erdoan has extended his control over the country with purges that followed. Conservative Le Figaro railed against President Emmanuel Macrons tax plans. Housing tax: the great worry for mayors, led its headline. Its editorial, titled False good idea, was also about the housing tax, with the question: How will the state compensate for the scrapping of the housing tax?

The German press also led with Turkey. The Frankfurter Allgemeine had an opinion piece on its front page titled, Turkey is lost, which argued that talks on Turkeys accession to the EU should be stopped as well as a front pager on the Erdoans rally. Putschists will find no peace. Turkish president recommends death penalty more clearly than before, FA wrote. Sddeutsche Zeitung led with Social Democrat leader Martin Schulzs proposal to cut funding to EU countries, such as Hungary and Poland, that refuse to take in migrants. Right-leaning Die Welt, weighing in on Schulzs 10-point plan, added criticism from the ruling Christian Democrat coalition that said Schulzs ideas for greater public sector investment and a joint eurozone budget would be too expensive.

Brexit talks begin with the government in chaos: That sums up Mondays front pages in London. A bust-up between Chancellor Philip Hammond, an avowed Remainer, and senior Brexiteers in cabinet comes just as Brexit Secretary David Davis arrived in Brussels to continue negotiations with the EU on the terms of the U.K.s departure from the bloc. Metro led with the title, Wicked leaks, referring to statements attributed to Hammond, who allegedly said public sector servants were overpaid. Hardcore Brexiteers were responsible for the leaks, according to the chancellor. Hammond accused of Brexit treachery, led the Times. Cabinet chaos as Brexit talks resume, was is headline. The Mirror called Hammond a hypocrite: Multi-millionaire chancellor calls nurses and cops overpaid whilst raking in 10k a month renting property as he lives in luxury for free, it said.

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