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In early November 2017, Turkish authorities issued an arrest warrant for Henri J. Barkey , former Director of the Middle East Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, stating that he is an agent of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), that he was present in Istanbul during the 2016 Turkish coup attempt ...
The Turkish representative for Reporters Without Borders called the arrests "a witch hunt against journalists". [20] David Kaye, the UN special rapporteur on the right to freedom of expression said that "the attempted coup cannot justify such a broad attack against almost all voices, not just critical ones but analytic and journalistic." [21]
An attempted military coup appeared to crumble after crowds answered President Erdogan's call to take to the streets to support him. Turkish coup bid crumbles as crowds answer call to streets ...
On 17 July 2016, the same Ayrault criticized the purge which was being actively executed by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's government as a reaction to the attempted coup. [26] On 20 July 2016, Erdoğan responded to Ayrault , claiming that Ayrault doesn't have authority to express anything about him.
15 July – 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; 19 July – Turkey has made a formal request to the U.S. for the extradition of Gülen movement leader Fethullah Gülen ...
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The country announced Wednesday that they will release almost 40,000 prisoners under a penal reform ahead of coup suspects. Turkey to release 38,000 prisoners to make space for coup plotters Skip ...
Turkish coup d'état may refer to illegal or constitutional military takeovers or takeover attempts in Turkey. There have been several. There have been several. From the founding of the Turkish Republic until 2016 , the Turkish military was very involved in Turkish politics.