Coup is an opportunity for Erdogan to clean house, and actual guilt/innocence* is irrelevant to him since he 'won'.
* clearly, the actually 'guilty are in deep shit, but problem people in the org chart regardless of participation in the coup attempt or not are looking at grim prospects too.
* clearly, the actually 'guilty are in deep shit, but problem people in the org chart regardless of participation in the coup attempt or not are looking at grim prospects too.
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.