Turkey’s Erdogan exploiting failed coup to crush dissent, tighten grip on power
By Frederic Puglie - Special to The Washington Times - - Monday, August 29, 2016
ISTANBUL — After a searing summer that has already featured a failed military coup, spectacular terrorist attacks and now a new war across the border in Syria, Turkey’s cultural elite is watching with increased unease as authoritarian President Recep Tayyip Erdogan rides a wave of nationalism that they fear will be used to brand his critics as enemies of the state.
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