Turkey After the Coup, Polish Politics and the Music of Bachto Delo Delo

The French national colors are projected onto the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, July 15, 2016. A truck slammed into revelers on Bastille day, the French national holiday, on Thursday in the French resort city of Nice, killing at least 80 people and leaving hundreds injured.
The French national colors are projected onto the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, July 15, 2016. A truck slammed into revelers on Bastille day, the French national holiday, on Thursday in the French resort city of Nice, killing at least 80 people and leaving hundreds injured. Czarek Sokolowski/AP
The French national colors are projected onto the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, July 15, 2016. A truck slammed into revelers on Bastille day, the French national holiday, on Thursday in the French resort city of Nice, killing at least 80 people and leaving hundreds injured.
The French national colors are projected onto the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, July 15, 2016. A truck slammed into revelers on Bastille day, the French national holiday, on Thursday in the French resort city of Nice, killing at least 80 people and leaving hundreds injured. Czarek Sokolowski/AP

Turkey After the Coup, Polish Politics and the Music of Bachto Delo Delo

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On today’s show:

  • After last weekend’s failed coup attempt , Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has sacked or suspended as many as 50,000 people. 
  • Poland recently passed an antiterrorism law that lets security services conduct surveillance and wiretapping of foreign citizens without a court order.
  • Plus, on this week’s Global Notes we get a lesson in traditional Roma music with a live performance by the group Bachto Delo Del