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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
Turkey: Response to @RT_Erdogan speech challenging Amnesty International’s research findings https://t.co/e7suNvCfo3 pic.twitter.com/XnPgUjNSLP
— AmnestyInternational (@AmnestyOnline) August 2, 2016
Here’s why his purge of the Turkish military won’t help calm President Erdogan’s nerves https://t.co/rW7h5pykcf pic.twitter.com/q6zqAk0o68
— Financial Times (@FT) August 3, 2016
246 people didn’t die opposing military coup so Erdogan could undermine Turkey’s democracy. https://t.co/morp3P418T pic.twitter.com/9ZtsU2Jf26
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) August 4, 2016
Erdogan post-coup purge has now hit Turkish soccer. https://t.co/Z8YP1POFWT pic.twitter.com/8JK5J8trWj
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) August 3, 2016
Turkey’s Erdogan: “Those we considered friends are siding with coup plotters and terrorists.” https://t.co/9ug5Z4vJfn
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) August 3, 2016
A skirmish is heating up between Renzi and Erdogan https://t.co/nk3rWATEbp pic.twitter.com/iihW9wM3cZ
— Bloomberg (@business) August 2, 2016
Could Russia play Turkey off against the West? Read insights from @MarcPierini1: https://t.co/EiNLgGtc8c pic.twitter.com/DR2CKEozz8
— Carnegie Endowment (@CarnegieEndow) August 4, 2016
Turkey coup plotters’ use of ‘amateur’ app helped unveil their network https://t.co/8aw83FOgyC
— The Guardian (@guardian) August 3, 2016
This puts the political purge in Turkey into perspective: https://t.co/pqGFLk8zbY pic.twitter.com/4PMphsInWD
— The Upshot (@UpshotNYT) August 3, 2016