In Turkey, a failed coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
A half-baked attempt to seize power will change Turkish politics for the worse
IT BEGAN in the evening. Military vehicles took over the two bridges over the Bosporus; helicopters clattered and military jets roared overhead. Soon came the news, familiar to an older generation of Turks but forgotten by the current one: soldiers had staged a coup. They declared in a statement: “To restore the constitutional order, human rights and freedoms, the rule of law, and public order, the Turkish armed forces have taken complete control of the country.”
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