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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 ...
It premiered at the !f Istanbul Independent Film Festival on 21 February 2016 before being given a North American theatrical release on 10 February 2017. It debuted on the YouTube Red streaming service on 10 May 2017. [4] It was released on DVD in the US on 14 November 2017. The film received critical acclaim, and grossed over $5 million. [2]
July 7 – Turgay Şeren, Turkish Football Player and Former Technical Director (born 1932) July 15 – Nevzat Yalçıntaş , economist, academic and politician (born 1933) July 25 – Halil İnalcık , Turkish historian, history professor (born 1916)
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 ...
Since Mr. Erdogan wants to play a more positive path in the region today, they want to overthrow him. (…) A message has been conveyed to the Turkish security authorities: Do not withdraw from the streets. This pulse may consist of several waves. That's what happened in Iran in 1953. When the first coup failed, the second was ready and he ...
Fethullah Gulen, the Turkish cleric accused of masterminding a bloody attempted coup in 2016, has died aged 83, according to Turkish media reports. The cleric, who had been living in self-imposed ...
Damage to the Turkish Parliament building after the failed 2016 coup. Turkey was soon returned to civilian rule, but until the failed 2016 coup the army was effectively not under civilian control, and either governed Turkey directly at times or loomed as a threat to the civilian governments that did.
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."