10 years on from Turkiye’s failed coup attempt on Erdogan
10 years on from Turkiye’s coup attempt to overthrow President Erdogan, the country remains divided over its legacy.
10 years on from Turkiye’s coup attempt to overthrow President Erdogan, the country remains divided over its legacy.




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FETO threatens humanity as a whole.
In total, 251 died and more than 2,200 were wounded resisting rogue military units in the attempted coup.
Ahmed Altan was released from Istanbul’s high-security Silivri prison following the Supreme Court of Appeals’ order.
Sentences handed down for occupying a state broadcaster and forcing anchors to read out a statement.
US State Department calls the accusation by Turkey’s Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu ‘unfounded and irresponsible’.
In one of the biggest cases related to the plot to overthrow the government, 337 ex-pilots and others sentenced to life.
Some 45,000 to be freed until end of May, but politicians, journalists, critics jailed after 2016 coup not included.
Ankara accuses US-based religious leader Fethullah Gulen’s network of masterminding a coup attempt in July 2016.
Ankara puts Palestinian on most-wanted list, accuses exiled former Fatah official of involvement in 2016 coup attempt.
Middle East Eye says the UAE-based ex-Fatah leader dropped the case hours before he was required to disclose documents.