Article 1MQA0 Turkey: 6,000 arrested following coup, but that doesn't make it an inside job

Turkey: 6,000 arrested following coup, but that doesn't make it an inside job

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Cory Doctorow
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The failed military coup in Turkey was bizarre, even (especially) by the standards of Turkish military coups (which is a surprisingly large data-set), and in the wake of the coup, 6,000 people were promptly rounded up and arrested including respected judges, powerful military leaders, prosecutors, and a whole list of others whose names seem to have been put on an enemies list long before any coup. (more")

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