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Radio 4,19 Jul 2016,45 mins

'50,000 purged' after Turkey coup plot

The World Tonight

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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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