– Even while defending itself against attempted coup, Turkey has not compromised on the law, says the president Calling the July 15 foiled coup attempt a milestone for Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday the [ More … ]
– OIC’s Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission denounces coup bid against Turkey’s democratically elected government – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned the July 15 coup attempt in a statement Saturday, according to Anadolu Agency. The OIC’s [ More … ]
Palestinian exile and Emirati middleman Dahlan was in contact with cleric Gulen before coup attempt, Turkish sources claim, Middle East Eye said on Friday in an article by its Editor David Hearst. The United Arab Emirates’ government collaborated with [ More … ]
By: ÇETİNER ÇETİN* [N.B. MEO is publishing ÇETİNER ÇETİN’s article in two parts] The true inside story of ‘heretical preacher and his followers’ which were carefully adhered to Turkey’s Islamist segment by the military coup [ More … ]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has slammed the United States for its reaction to a failed military coup in Turkey, accusing it of harboring the man behind the plot. Ankara has demanded the United States [ More … ]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech as he visits the police special forces headquarters that was bombed the night of the coup attempt by Gulenist Terror Organization/Parallel State Structure (FETO/PDY), in Golbasi district [ More … ]
Sixteen generals and admirals were promoted and 99 colonels were promoted to generals and admirals, the Turkish military said late Thursday. In a statement released following a five-hour Supreme Military Council meeting in capital Ankara, [ More … ]
Central Command chief says post-coup purge might effect Turkey-US military cooperation The head of U.S. Central Command said Thursday that some officers with whom the U.S. had relationships are imprisoned for their role in a [ More … ]
By: Hilal Kaplan* When the U.S.’s pretense of weapons of mass destruction to invade Iraq was exposed, it changed it to the argument of exporting democracy. Today, by looking at the current situation in Iraq, [ More … ]
Egyptian Prime Minister Sharif Ismail has said he has “no information” regarding a request for asylum by U.S.-based preacher Fetullah Gulen, leader of the FETO terrorist organization, but said Cairo would “consider” such a request [ More … ]
– CHP leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu backs government’s dismissal of FETO soldiers in wake of deadly coup – Turkey’s main opposition leader Thursday expressed backing for the government’s dismissal of Fetullah Terror Organization (FETO) members from [ More … ]
By: Merve Şebnem* Turkish people haven’t seen any merciful reactions from Amnesty International for the Turkish civilians who lost their lives or were severely wounded by the Gülenist coup plotters Amnesty International, a so-called non-governmental [ More … ]
Turkey’s Supreme Military Council (YAS) met on Thursday in the wake of a failed military coup staged by Fethullah Terrorist Organization. The YAS meeting, which originally takes place every August, has been brought forward by [ More … ]
The secretary-general of the Qatar-based International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) has decried western policy vis-à-vis the situation in Turkey following the July 15 failed coup attempt. In an exclusive interview with Anadolu Agency, Ali [ More … ]
By: Dr. Basheer Mousa Nafi* Shortly before eleven pm on July 15, Turkey witnessed the beginning of land and air military movements, which later turned out to be a coup attempt. Given the number of [ More … ]
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