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Items by Galip Dalay
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Yet Another Instance of Islamic Exceptionalism?
Tanks rolled down the street, state owned TV channels were taken over, dissenting media outlets were raided and silenced, president’s office was surrounded, the first ever democratically elected president was put under house arrest, the constitution was suspended, and the head of army stood in front of cameras to...
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The people defeated the coup in Turkey
Turkey knows this enterprise very well. It recognises these scenes. The country remembers well the consequences and pains of each past coup; in 1960, 1971-1973, 1980 and 1997. The wounds are still fresh in people’s minds. One thing they all know is that no one, except for a small group of...