Weekend Roundup: The Last Gasp of Atatürk
Category: WORLDPOST
If the aim of the coup plotters was to derail Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's march toward autocratic rule and restore the country firmly on the secular path envisioned by its modern founder, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, their failure achieved the opposite result. The last gasp of Atatürk has breathed new life into Erdogan's troubled and troubling tenure. (continued)
By Nathan Gardels, ContributorEditor-in-chief, The WorldPost, 2016-07-23