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This R&D provides resources on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s consolidation of power in Turkey after a failed coup several weeks ago. Erdogan has blamed cleric Fethullah Gullen for masterminding the coup and has arrested or sacked military commanders, journalists, academics, and bureaucrats that do not have loyalty to his government. Western nations are wary of Erdogan’s actions, warning him not to trample Turkey’s democratic system.
Erdogan’s purge is actually a sectarian war, argues Edward Luttwak. https://t.co/EWHgvMMEOu pic.twitter.com/LhSES1S5lW
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) August 3, 2016
Here @stephenkinzer says Turkey is heading toward int’l isolation and perhaps even economic crisis and civil war https://t.co/fVDiQvAj0F
— Kadri Gürsel (@KadriGursel) August 3, 2016
If even 1/2 of those #Erdogan has arrested, detained or fired had really helped Turkey coup, it would have succeeded pic.twitter.com/cpwDELuojl
— NATOSource (@NATOSource) August 3, 2016