Turkey an unlikely victim of an unlikely coup
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IF THE attempted coup in Turkey came as a surprise, there was good reason: the event went against decades of research on how, when and why coups happen.
Last Friday night's uprising appeared to diverge wildly from the usual patterns. And political scientists who study coups say Turkey should have been at little risk.
US Secretary of State John Kerry, reiterating support for Turkey's government, expressed the bafflement felt by many observers.
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