Summary: It started with the police and military. Now the Turkish government is having a major purge of civil servants too, following the failed coup which threatened to topple President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Tens of thousands of Turks have been arrested, fired or suspended from their jobs. The Turkish leadership say they're carrying out a legitimate security operation to safeguard the country. And many of the detained have links to Fethullah Gülen. The U.S.-based cleric is accused of orchestrating the coup bid. Human rights groups are alarmed by the sheer number of Turks involved. Is the crackdown justified? Could it backfire? And is Ankara going too far? Presenter: Kamahl Santamaria Guests Zeynep Jane Kundur, Journalist for the Daily Sabah and Member of the AKP Istanbul Administration. Aaron Stein, Resident Senior Fellow at the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East at the Atlantic Council. Zeynep Kaya, Research Fellow at the Middle East Centre, London School of Economics. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/
