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Post-Coup Bounce

OZAN KOSE

TURKEY

OZAN KOSE/AFP/GETTY

Istanbul—Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses supporters on August 7 at a massive rally against last month’s failed military coup. According to Reuters, the crowd at the rally was too big to be contained in a parade ground designed to hold more than a million people. Erdogan, whose Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in 2002 on a platform of moderate Islamism, has used the attempted coup to cement his power and clamp down on opposition, purging thousands from the military and judiciary and arresting dozens of journalists.

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Newsweek International
19th August 2016
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