The young woman claimed that her father was never a follower of the Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, who had been accused by the Turkish government of having masterminded the botched coup attempt on the night of July 15, 2016. Teslime's father is one of the many suspects arrested for charge...
What were the dynamics behind the July 15 2016 coup attempt in Turkey? At a time when academic literature has been focusing on the dissolution of the country's military tutelary regime, how can this military coup attempt be explained? As an early response to this unanticipated puzzle, I ...
" referring to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), outlawed by Turkey as a terrorist group for rebelling against the government in the past three decades, and the movement led by Fethullah Gulen, a U.S.-based Turkish cleric accused by Ankara of masterminding the 2016 coup to overthrow Erdo...
In my complete report I also talked to you about a strange ‘coincidence,’ overlooked by most. Geoff Pyatt, the US ex-ambassador to Ukraine, who together with Victoria Nuland orchestrated and presided over Kiev Maidan and coup in 2014, is now the ambassador to Greece, successfully subverting ...
The Turkish government accuses Gulen of orchestrating a coup attempt in 2016 and considers his network to be a terrorist organization. The court acquitted Canturk’s wife and daughter of the charges, citing lack of evidence, Anadolu reported. Canturk, who has maintained his innocence throughout ...
coup of July 15, 2016, that is, the FBOs became more public to show that they can be trusted in terms of not being affiliated with any alleged terror groups. This approach might be assessed as an attempt to survive in the state of emergency declared by the government after the coup ...
President Obama’s long-delayed embrace of Turkey’s elected government that survived the military coup attempt in July 2016 and Washington’s refusal to extradite Pennsylvania-based preacher Fetullah Gülen, the mastermind of the coup, heightened the sense in government that the U.S. is ...
"It is very important for our country to entirely shed light on the events of the 15th treason (coup attempt), this is why we are asking Washington to deliver us this individual," a source close to the government explained to Xinhua, regretting that until now very little help has been ...
The Turkish army, established as the guardian of secular principles ingrained by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, modern Turkey's founding father, has seen its image tarnished after the failed coup and to enroll women in armed forces could help bring its reputation back. ...
Kavala was acquitted last year of charges linked to nationwide anti-government protests in 2013, but the ruling was overturned and joined to charges relating to a 2016 coup attempt. International observers and human rights groups have repeatedly called for the release of Kavala. The European Co...