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Wednesday, 3 August 2016

Turkey failed coup: How do Turks in Europe see Erdogan?

Supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attend a rally on 31 July 2016 in Cologne, as tensions over Turkey's failed coup put authorities on edge.
About 40,000 pro-Erdogan supporters turned up in Cologne on Sunday
Tension between supporters and opponents of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan following the failed coup on 15 July has been growing in Turkish communities all over Europe. 

We take a look at how President Erdogan is regarded by some of the larger Turkish diasporas, and at how the political conflict in Turkey is being played out across Europe.