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‘This space is usually buzzing, now it’s silent’

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Thousands of judges and members of the Turkish military have been detained in recent days as President Erdogan tries to purge the system of potential opponents. It is hard to get clear answers to basic questions like who was behind the attempted coup? Why did it fail? And was it ever really a coup at all? Hugh Sykes reports from Istanbul.

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