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Turkey’s Referendum Is Taking Place in a Climate of Fear

Turkey’s Referendum Is Taking Place in a Climate of Fear
Supporters of the government protest after the failed coup attempt, Istanbul, Turkey, July 21, 2016 (AP photo by Emrah Gurel).

In this week’s Trend Lines podcast, WPR’s editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, and associate editor Robbie Corey-Boulet discuss Rex Tillerson’s sit-down with Vladimir Putin and the loaded protocol of high-level diplomatic meetings. For the Report, Alev Scott talks with Peter Dörrie about how Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan transformed a war on terror into a crackdown on all dissent and what’s at stake in this weekend’s constitutional referendum.

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Relevant Articles on WPR:

How Erdogan Turned Turkey’s War on Terror Into a War On Dissent

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Trend Lines is produced and edited by Peter Dörrie, a freelance journalist and analyst focusing on security and resource politics in Africa. You can follow him on Twitter at @peterdoerrie.

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