Turkey
PKK on Turkey coup: No democracy in ‘fascist’ Erdogan-led government
TeleSur, July 16, 2016
In a statement published on July 16, the political affiliate of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), the Koma Civakên Kurdistan (Group...
In Turkey, the military coup and the Erdogan coup
By Hasan Cemal
The military coup collapsed, was quashed, and this is a very good thing.
What about the Erdogan coup? It becomes more ingrained as...
The Coup in Turkey – a view from Moscow
EURASIAN BLOC IN TURKEY: ERDOĞAN AND THE KEMALISTS AGAINST GÜLEN AND THE US
On July 15th, at around 23:00, the press reported a military coup...
Ex-Attaché to Israel among coup leaders, according to Haaretz
According to an article published in the Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz, among the six senior army commanders arrested in connection with the failed coup in Turkey, there is General Akin Öztürk, who in the 1990s was the Turkish military attaché to Israel.
Selahattin Demirtas opposing coup attempt in Turkey
Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-President Selahattin Demirtaş held a press conference in the HDP building in Amed on the coup attempt.
Demirtaş stated that they...
Turkish police Raid Incirlik
On Saturday, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said that Turkish airspace was closed due to the coup attempt in the country. US media reported that the Incirlik base in southern Turkey has been left without electricity and local authorities prevented movement to and from the base. Air operations from the base have also been suspended
Erdogan Tsipras and the Turkish soldiers
Turkey coup attempt: Erdogan rounds up suspected plotters
By Sheena McKenzie and Ray Sanchez
Two days after a failed military coup, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...
Kerry protests Turkish allegations of US support to the coup
Luxembourg (AFP) - Secretary of State John Kerry called his Turkish opposite number Saturday to offer US support in the wake of a failed...
Russia-Turkey: Dugin in Ankara
On the eve of the coup in Turkey, the Russian geopolitician and philosopher Alexander Dugin was in Ankara, where he gave a press conference. Among other things he said, he insisted that the same forces want the destruction of both Russia and Turkey and are threatening Turkish sovereingty. He said that President Erdogan understood now the situation and he added that the two countries are now inaugurating a new system of relations, not just
Turkey blocks Incirlik nuclear base
Turkey Suspends All US Operations Against ISIS At Incirlik Airbase, Which Vaults B61 Nuclear Bombs
Following the failed Turkish coup, U.S. military operations out of...