A coup in Turkey : a tale of democracy, despotism and vengeance in a divided land
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 betw...