Supporters of the Turkish government policy of making suspects wear uniforms wave banners in August 2017 saying ‘terrorists in single uniform’.
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Those accused of involvement in the 2016 coup in Turkey must wear brown uniforms in court, while those accused of terrorism must wear grey ones.
Erdogan after the referendum, April 16, 2017.
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How a once trustworthy NATO ally, an aspiring EU candidate and an emerging power came to be ruled by one strong man.
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Turkey is recovering from a failed coup, not a war, but it could learn from the practice of post-conflict reconstruction.
Fethullah Gülen in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, Sept. 24, 2013.
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It may sound farfetched that a scholar living in Pennsylvania planned the overthrow of the Turkish government. But Turkey is demanding the U.S. extradite the Hizmet leader.
What will the economic legacy of the coup and response be?
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Quick measures by the central bank prevented a financial crisis, but investors are worried. Longer-term economic effects will depend on how long Erdogan’s purge goes on.
Following the failed coup in Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ordered the sacking of nearly 1,600 deans, 21,000 teachers and 15,000 education bureaucrats.
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The sacking of Turkish education staff speaks to a broader agenda of control through removing educated dissident voices.
Street protests in Turkey are denouncing the ‘traitors’, but the government has offered little solid evidence against those it accuses of plotting a coup.
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The Turkish government is accusing the Gülen movement of being behind the recent coup attempt, but there are reasons to doubt the claim.