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'50,000 purged' after Turkey coup plot
Tens of thousands of people are being swept up in the government's eradication of the Gulenists - so how big is their organisation - and how does this clampdown compare with other purges in the past? Also: who is Owen Smith, Peter Clarke on why prisons are failing and will Swexit follow Brexit?
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Tue 19 Jul 201622:00
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