Now Even Turkish Millionaires Are Fleeing Erdogan's Crackdown
- Nation’s wealthy joining exodus: 6,000 millionaires in 2016
- Tech sector laments loss of workers to Amazon, Facebook
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Turkish book agent Barbaros Altug’s reality is starting to resemble some of his most popular fiction, unfortunately for him.
Like the family in a client’s newest best-seller, Altug has joined the real-life exodus of Turks leaving their homeland amid President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s purge of enemies and dissenters. After stints in Paris and Berlin following last year’s failed coup, the 43-year-old bachelor is settling in Stockholm.