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Saturday, August 10, 2013

Turkish history has lessons for coup-happy Egyptians

Turkish history has lessons for coup-happy Egyptians

Date
August 10, 2013

WASHINGTON: There's no certainty that Egypt's ousted president Mohammed Mursi has access to the day's news while in detention but if he does, he must shake his head in wonder at the jailing this week of hundreds of senior military men, politicians and journalists in Istanbul - on charges that they plotted to overthrow Turkey's Islamist-inclined government.

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