turkey coup attempt
These days, it is not unusual to see young Turks in the city turning to art in troubled times.
Whether conservative or socialist, young people in the country seem to have rekindled Atatürk’s love for self-determination.
Another 70,000 face legal proceedings on suspicion they are linked to cleric Fethullah Gulen.
The Justice Ministry has requested Gulen’s arrest for “ordering and leading the coup attempt,” NTV says.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The island is holding major talks to heal a divide that's lasted over four decades, but there's an elephant in the room.
Thousands of soldiers, police, judges, civil servants and teachers have been suspended, detained or put under investigation since the failed coup.
"Erdogan interpreted this attempt as 'a gift from god,'" Turkish journalist Can Dundar opines.
"We are heading into a Kafkaesque world."