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Turkey arrests thousands in wake of failed coup

from FT News in Focus

Turkey has sacked thousands of police officers and detained up to 8,000 in the wake of a failed coup in which some 290 people were killed. The government's political opponents came out against the attempted coup but are criticising the crackdown as an overstep in power. Erika Solomon reports for the FT from Istanbul Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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