
Turkey One Year After Failed Coup
Turkey is holding mass rallies to mark the first anniversary of the failed military coup.
Turkey is holding mass rallies to mark the first anniversary of the failed military coup. The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has rejected criticism of the mass arrests and purges that have followed the coup and said its defeat was a turning point in the history of democracy. We hear from Turkey, Europe and the US to assess the state of the country.
Also in the programme: The funeral of the Chinese Nobel Peace laureate and political prisoner Liu Xiaobo; And the new frontier for fake news: computer-generated audio.
(Image: A memorial in central Turkey with the names of people killed last year during the failed coup attempt. Credit: Ozan Kose/AFP/Getty Images)
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