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As opposed to previous political interventions by the Turkish military, Turkey's AKP government and pro-state media maintain that the 15 July 2016 coup attempt was not motivated by allegiance to Kemalist ideology, but rather to the vast political, economic, and religious network led by U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gülen. [89]
In August 2016 Turkish President Erdoğan gave the United States an ultimatum, demanding the extradition of Fethullah Gülen, the cleric said to be behind the failed 15 July coup attempt. [116] [117] Turkey demanded that Greece extradite eight Turkish soldiers who had fled there after the coup. [118]
On Thursday July 21, six days after the failed coup d’état, Turkey’s parliament approved a bill declaring a state of emergency allowing the government to rule by decree for three months. [10] On the same day, Erdogan announced that the European Convention on Human Rights had been suspended. [citation needed]
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Moldova: President Nicolae Timofti condemned the coup attempt in Turkey and called for the constitutional order to be the main element of the existence of a law-governed state. [ 42 ] Morocco : The Ministry of Foreign Affairs declared on 16 July that it was strongly concerned by constitutional order and stability in Turkey, and that it rejected ...
The name was made public in a statement read on air during the July 15, 2016 temporary takeover by soldiers of the headquarters of Turkish state broadcaster TRT. The group was supposedly formed within the Turkish Armed Forces clandestinely. It was declared to be the governing council of Turkey during the coup attempt.
On the evening of July 15, 2016, the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETO) launched a bloody coup attempt against the people and the government of my country. Their aim was to establish a ...
In June, Turkey suspended its bilateral migrant readmission deal with Greece in response to the decision by the Greek government to release the eight Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece after the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt. [60] NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has called for “restraint and calm” after Turkey's decision. [61]