Turkey's July 15th Coup: What Happened and Why

Utah Series in Middle East Studies

On July 15, 2016, a faction of the Turkish military attempted to overthrow the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The Turkish government blamed the unsuccessful coup attempt on G lenists, adherents of an Islamist movement led by Fethullah G len. They had helped elect Erdoğan and his AK Party, with the goal of bringing an ostensibly "soft" version of Islam into the secular Turkish government...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1607816067
• ISBN13: 9781607816065
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: University of Utah Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.0"