Opinion: Five years after an attempted coup, the dream of democracy in Turkey is dead - The Globe and Mail

Five years after an attempted coup, the dream of democracy in Turkey is dead SIMON A. WALDMAN Simon A. Waldman is a visiting lecturer and research fellow at King’s College London and co-author of The New Turkey and its Discontents. The sun had just set over the Bosphorus, the strategic waterway that runs through Istanbul connecting the Sea of Marmara to the Black Sea, when the news of a coup reached the ears of diners, beer drinkers and Turkish-coffee sippers. More:Opinion: Five years after an attempted coup, the dream of democracy in Turkey is dead - The Globe and Mail