Talking Turkey in Istanbul

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Zeynap Jane Kandur is a columnist for the Daily Sabah and volunteer member of the ruling AKP Party, an acronym which we would translate as the Justice and Development Party, in Istanbul. She corresponded with the Washington Examiner Friday night about much of the recent excitement in her country that came out of a coup attempt. What follows is a lightly edited version of that conversation.

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