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Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Unraveling of Turkey

From NYT - Turkey’s Latest Target in Mass Purge: Educators
“The crackdown after Friday’s failed coup attempt continued, as more than 15,000 employees of the education ministry were suspended, 1,500 university deans were ordered to resign and 21,000 teachers lost their licenses.”

Turkey was already undergoing a slow-motion coup

NATO Weapons Stored in Turkey – Potential Risks
http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-h-bombs-in-turkey

 UPDATES - 
The Economist on the Turkish Coup Attempt and its Aftermath
http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21702509-recep-tayyip-erdogan-drifts-away-america-nato-and-eu-running-out-friends

From Der Spiegel: Erdogan's Putsch: Turkey's Post-Coup Slide into Dictatorship
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/coup-in-turkey-leads-to-erdogan-power-grab-a-1104261.html