This blog is primarily designed to uncover who were behind the coup attempt in Turkey on July 15. The government was quick to blame Gulenists for the failed coup attempt. Gulen and his followers deny that they conspired against the government through the military intervention. It is difficult to identify real perpetrators, the driving force […]
Uncovering Turkey’s July 15 Coup Attempt Read More »
Since the coup attempt on July 15, the Turkish authorities sacked, fired or suspended tens of thousands of public employees and detained thousands of army officers, police officers, judges, prosecutors along with hundreds of civilians. The pace of the purge in the state bureaucracy suggests that it was well-planned way before the coup attempt took
Turkey suspends dead prosecutor on coup charges Read More »
This week, Turkish state news agency Anadolu published the confession of Lt. Col. Levent Turkkan, aide-de-camp of Chief of General Staff Hulusi Akar. Turkkan’s confession is considered to be the highest-level ‘evidence’ that Gulenists are behind the coup. We have to emphasize that Turkkan’s remarks were shared with this photo that shows bruises and injuries
Levent Turkkan’s Testimony: Contradictions Read More »
In the previous post, we tried to dissect the testimony Lt. Col. Levent Turkkan and laid bare many contradictions that basically rendered the confession useless. In that testimony, Turkkan mentions about Major Mehmet Akkurt and particularly highlights his ties to Gulenists. As soon as he reveals that Akkurt is allegedly a Gulenist, the major turns
Major Akkurt: First Hero, Then Traitor Read More »
