Failed Turkey coup deepens conundrum of Recep Tayyip Erdogan's power

By Paul McGeough
Updated July 17 2016 - 10:08pm, first published 2:36pm

And so another cot-case nation is born. Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan already has begun consolidating in the wake of Friday's failed coup, with a vengeful purge of the military and the judiciary to help drive home a ruthless bid to package virtually all power in his strongman presidency.

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