<<You would be arrested for criticizing Erdogan in Turkey today, there is no free speech, no free press, in addition to a overreaching reduction in individual freedoms. >>

That is unfortunately true. However if you study Turkish history it would also have been true for all of the last 50 years when the US supported military coups time after time. Turkey is simply not Canada and you cannot expect it to be like Canada.

Erdogan with all his faults - yes he is a moderate Islamist but says this openly - spent  time in jail and Turkish people overwhelmingly support him especially after this latest coup attempt.  One has to deal with Erdogan whether you like him or not. It is better to deal with him in an intelligent way than in a stupid and knee-jerk reaction kind of way which in the end would only make Turks rally around and support him more. And I think most people would agree that this would not in the best interest of Turkey - but it is for Turks themselves to decide.