A Failed Coup Drama in Turkey

July 19, 2016

FRIDAY evening last week, there were uncommon movement of soldiers in Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey. Military vehicles took over the two bridges over the Bosporus, helicopters clattered and military jets roared overhead. Soldiers had staged a coup. They declared a statement aired on state-owned TRT: "To restore the constitutional order, human rights and freedoms, the rule of law, and public order, the Turkish Armed Forces have taken complete control

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