Turkey is engaging in hostage diplomacy with the US, officials say
Turkey has arrested a number of US & German nationals & uses them as bargaining chips to force the return of suspected coup plotters
How will Turkey survive until 2019?
As things stand both the ruling party & the main opposition seem squeezed by forces outside of their control
Inside Erdogan’s Prisons
There are so many writers, journalists etc. in Turkish prisons that 38,000 inmates convicted of rape, theft & extortion were released early to make room