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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 ...
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.
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]
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Erdoğan declares that the coup is over with over 1,500 members of the Turkish military in detention. General Ümit Dündar reports at least 194 people were killed: two soldiers, 41 police officers, 47 civilians, and 104 alleged coup plotters. An official later adds that 1,440 people have been reported wounded.
Gaza: The ruling Islamic militant group Hamas condemned the Turkish coup d'état attempt as a "vicious" plot to overthrow President Erdoğan. [ 75 ] Northern Cyprus – Mustafa Akıncı , President of Northern Cyprus , said that commanders of Turkish troops deployed in the separatist Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus remained loyal to Turkey ...
People involved in the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt (14 P) Pages in category "2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.