He claimed the United States had given “signals” it was involved in the coup after a top USA general expressed concern that many of Washington’s former Turkish military interlocutors were now in jail.
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Taha Ozhan, who chairs the Foreign Affairs Commission in Turkey’s Grand National Assembly, met with US officials in Washington, D.C., August 1, 2016. He said a restructuring of Turkey’s intelligence structures may follow. At the same time, the Constitutional Court made a decision to impose a ban on President Erdogan’s address in 24 hours.
Elements of the Turkish military closed entrances and exits at the U.S. -NATO airbase at Incrilik. More than 9,000 of them have been formally arrested.
State Department officials are reluctant to discuss the status of the extradition request, defaulting daily to a response that documents submitted by Turkey are being studied at the Justice Department.
A group of Turkish lawmakers met with USA officials to discuss the extradition of Fethullah Gulen at the Turkish Embassy in Washington, D.C., August 1, 2016.
“We demonstrate against the dictatorship which is happening in Turkey under Erdogan, or what Mr Erdogan is trying to achieve there”.
General Joseph Dunford met with Yildirim, as well as Turkish chief of staff Hulusi Akar to “deliver messages condemning in the strongest terms the recent coup attempt and reaffirming the importance of our enduring partnership for regional security”, Dunford’s spokesman Greg Hicks said in a statement.
The state has shut 142 media outlets and detained several journalists it accuses of having links to the putsch.
Erdogan has also strongly criticized USA military officials for comments he said implied that the detention of Turkish military officers as part of the coup investigation could affect the country’s fight against the Islamic State militant group.
Gulen, in interviews, has denied any involvement in the coup.
It also mentioned that Dunford will deliver messages “condemning in the strongest terms the recent coup attempt and reaffirming the importance of the U.S.’s enduring partnership for regional security as symbolized by coalition operations out of Incirlik in the counter-ISIL [Daesh] fight, and the importance of Turkey’s contributions to both the counter-ISIL [Daesh] coalition and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation alliances”.
Lawmaker Utku Mahmut Tanal broadcast live on periscope the damage sustained by the Turkish Parliament building in the capital Ankara after an attempted coup.
Some in Turkey believe that the U.S. is embroiled in a conspiracy with Fethullah Gülen – who is believed by many to be the mastermind behind the putsch attempt – to overthrow the Turkish regime.
Thousands of citizens poured into the streets to oppose the uprising, which appeared to instantly unite partisans across Turkey’s bitterly divided political spectrum.
Hicks said the general would also reaffirm “the importance of our enduring partnership for regional security”, citing operations out of the Incirlik air base against the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq, and Turkey’s contributions to North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and the fight against the Islamic State group.
The coup attempt shocked Turkey, which last saw a violent military power grab in 1980, and shook worldwide confidence in the stability of the country.
Turkish forces flying attack helicopters and drones raided a forested area in southwestern Turkey overnight, capturing a fugitive unit of commandos that had tried to assassinate or kidnap President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last month during a coup attempt, officials said Monday.
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Today, more than two weeks since the coup attempt, it has been reported that at least 60 percent of the military’s generals and admirals have been fired for allegiance with the Gulen movement.
