https://internationalviewpoint.org/ International Viewpoint, the monthly English-language magazine of the Fourth International, is a window to radical alternatives world-wide, carrying reports, analysis and debates from all corners of the globe. Correspondents in over 50 countries report on popular struggles, and the debates that are shaping the left of tomorrow. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://internationalviewpoint.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH25/siteon0-da713.png?1745245334 https://internationalviewpoint.org/ 25 144 https://internationalviewpoint.org/Turkey-s-Disaster https://internationalviewpoint.org/Turkey-s-Disaster 2016-08-16T08:40:01Z text/html en Cihan Tu?al Turkey <p>Last week ended with a military coup in Turkey. Turkish forces shut down Istanbul's two main bridges; Atatürk airport was captured; and President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an tried desperately to rally his supporters via FaceTime. After a bloody year featuring fraught elections, sporadic terrorist attacks, and <a href="https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/03/turkey-erdogan-pkk-kurdish-diyarbakir/" class="spip_out" rel="external">war against Kurdish militants</a> in the country's east, it appeared as if he may have lost control.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV499-August-2016-" rel="directory">IV499 - August 2016</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Turkey-+" rel="tag">Turkey</a>