TY  - BOOK
AU  - Seal,Jeremy
TI  - A coup in Turkey: a tale of democracy, despotism and vengeance in a divided land 
SN  - 1784741752
AV  - DR594 .S43 2021
PY  - 2021///
CY  - London
PB  - Chatto & Windus
KW  - Coups d'état
KW  - Turkey
KW  - History
KW  - 1960-
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-308) and index
N2  - In the spring of 2016 travel writer Jeremy Seal went to Turkey to investigate perhaps the most dramatic, revealing and little-known episode in the country's history - the 'original' coup of 1960, which deposed the traditionalist Prime Minister Adnan Menderes. The story of Menderes - to his adoring supporters the country's founding democrat; to his sworn enemies its most infamous traitor - goes to the heart of the feud that continues to rage between the Western and secular amibitions of a minority elite and the religious and conservative instincts of the small-town majority. A coup in Turkey is a thrilling account of the events leading up to the coup and the trials and executions that followed, a story of political subterfuge and score-settling, courtroom drama, state execution, authoritarian intolerance and ideological division. --inside cover
ER  -