Turkey’s coup, explained in under 500 words

Posted on AllSides July 16th, 2016
From The Left

On Friday afternoon, an as-yet unidentified faction of the Turkish military launched a coup attempt aimed at toppling President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government.

The coup leaders, claiming to speak for the entire Turkish Armed Forces, said they’d done so in the name of protecting democracy — despite the fact that Erdogan and his party were democratically elected.

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http://www.vox.com/2016/7/15/12204172/turkey-coup-erdogan-military

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