Turkish Court Hands Down Prison Sentences in Coup Plot

Sebnem Arsu

Tim Arango

 



A Turkish court sentenced dozens of high-ranking military officers, politicians, journalists and others to long prison terms on Monday, August 5, for plotting to overthrow the government in a long-running case that captivated the nation for its audacity, laid bare the deep divisions within Turkish society between Islamists and secularists and earned sharp criticism from the international community over issues of judicial fairness.       

Turkey's Islamist Turn, 10 Years Later

Daniel Pipes

Is Turkey—due to its size, location, economy and sophisticated Islamist ideology—set to become the West's greatest problem in the Middle East?

A tumultuous decade has passed since the Justice and Development Party was first elected to office on Nov. 3, 2002. Almost unnoticed, the country exited the pro-Western era started by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (1881-1938) and entered the anti-Western era of Recep Tayyip Erdogan (born 1954).