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Spotlight TURKEY Issue dated 31/08/2016

Erdogan counts on Erik Prince-style advisor

Recep Tayyip Erdogan is not only pressing full-steam ahead with his reform of Turkey's army and the intelligence service in the wake of the failed coup d'etat on July 15. The Turkish leader is also keen to seize the initiative [...] (549 words)

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