HARI SREENIVASAN, PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND ANCHOR: To help us understand the events in Turkey, I’m joined now from Washington by Eric Edelman, the former U.S. ambassador to Turkey during the Bush administration, and here in New York by David Phillips, director of the program on peace-building and human rights at Columbia University.
Mr. Edelman, I want to start with you. Most people watching TV last night said, oh, gosh, there’s a coup, but what precipitated this? Why now? Why did it happen?
ERIC EDELMAN, FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY: Well, Hari, Turkey is an extremely divided and …read more
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