Banter #230: Michael Rubin on the Coup Attempt in Turkey

AEI Resident Scholar Michael Rubin joins the show to discuss the failed coup attempt against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Michael is an expert on the Middle East including Turkey and has written several pieces on the recent coup attempt. In March, Michael published “Could there be a coup in Turkey?” which described why the situation in Turkey was deteriorating and why a coup attempt was possible. You can read that article along with Michael’s more recent work on the recent coup attempt at the links below.

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AEIdeas blog post “Could there be a coup in Turkey” (March 21, 2016) 

AEIdeas blog post “Turkey’s Air Force behind coup? (July 18, 2016) 

AEIdeas blog post “What happened in Turkey? And what comes next? (July 17, 2016) 

Michael Rubin’s recent piece in Foreign Policy “Edrogan has nobody to blame for the coup but himself” (July 15, 2016)

Michael Rubin’s recent piece in the New York Post “Why the coup in Turkey could mean hope” (July 15, 2016) 

AEIdeas blog post “Turkey’s Coup” (July 15, 2016)