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Turkey鈥檚 Failed Coup: What Next?

Owen Bennett Jones is in Istanbul in the aftermath of the failed coup attempt in Turkey

This week, Owen Bennett Jones is in Istanbul for a special edition of the programme looking at the aftermath of the failed coup attempt in Turkey. We ask who was really behind the putsch and what will be the impact of President Erdogan鈥檚 purge of tens of thousands of people from the armed forces, the judicial system and from academic institutions. With Owen will be a panel of guests from across the political spectrum, as well as a former senior member of the military. They鈥檒l discuss the future of Turkish democracy after the violent upheaval and uncompromising government response.

Photo: Pro Erdogan supporters at a rally in Istanbul following the failed military coup attempt of July 15. Credit: Daniel Mihailescu/AFP/Getty Images

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Sat 23 Jul 2016 10:06GMT
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Contributers

Gareth Jenkins - a writer based in Istanbul. He is currently completing a modern history of Turkey with a particular focus on the rule of the Justice and Development Party (AKP)

Brig-General Haldun Solmazturk - senior retired Turkish officer

Yavuz Yigit - an activist with President Erdogan's AK Party

Ezgi Basaran - a prominent journalist and a columnist in Turkey

Ismail Sezgin - director of Hizmet Studies in the UK, the creation of Fethullah Gulen which consists in large part of a network of schools in Turkey and elsewhere around the world.

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  • Fri 22 Jul 2016 23:06GMT
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  • Sat 23 Jul 2016 03:06GMT
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  • Sat 23 Jul 2016 10:06GMT
    麻豆社 World Service except Australasia & News Internet

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