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The Impact of a Failed Coup d’État on Happiness, Life Satisfaction, and Trust: The Case of the Plot in Turkey on July 15, 2016
| Author | K. Ali Akkemik, Gerçek Çiçek, Charles Yuji Horioka, Yoko Niimi |
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| Date of Publication | 2019. 10 |
| No. | 2019-10 |
| Download | 495KB |
Contents Introduction
This paper examines the impact of the failed coup d’état attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016, on people’s happiness, life satisfaction, and trust and finds that the plot had a significant negative effect on all three variables. This paper is the first to show that coups d’état can have a significant adverse effect on people’s well-being, as in the case of terrorist attacks.