Istanbul nightclub attack caps off dreadful year for Turkey

Failed military coup, foreign policy setbacks and a string of terrorist atrocities have left country reelingThe New Year’s Eve attack on an Istanbul nightclub concluded a dreadful year for Turkey, during which the country was shaken by a failed military coup, a policy setback in neighbouring Syria and a string of terrorist atrocities.No group has yet claimed responsibility for Saturday night’s attack, but suspicion will fall on Islamic State. The group repeatedly struck at Turkish ci