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Erdogan-Gulen Power Struggle Divides European Turks | Jewish & Israel News Algemeiner.com

Erdogan-Gulen Power Struggle Divides European Turks
August 9, 2016

On the night of July 15, members of the Turkish military stormed the state-run TRT news agency in Ankara and forced an anchorwoman to read a statement calling President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a “traitor.” Within moments, tanks began to drive menacingly through the streets of Ankara and Istanbul, as military planes roared over Turkish skies. The parliament was bombed. The fifth military coup in the history of modern Turkey had begun, taking even the most anti-government Turks by surprise.

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