When Turkish authorities arrested more than two dozen cops and prominent media personalities on Sunday, it set off what has become, by now, a predictable routine: International rights groups and Western countries expressed concern and condemnation, prompting Turkey’s longtime leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to make clear how little he cares.
Panel title: “The Exceptional States of the EU: Iceland, Britain & Turkey”
Conference title: the UACES’s 45th Annual Conference Date: 7-9 September 2015 Venue: Bilbao, Spain
Organizers: Dr Gulay Icoz (King’s College London) & Dr Natalie Martin (Loughborough University/Nottingham Trent University)
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The cleric facing arrest, Fethullah Gulen, lives in Pennsylvania but still has a broad following in Turkey that has reached into elite law enforcement, judiciary and business circles.
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