Operation Gladio

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The threats were sent from Bosnia and Herzegovina, and from Turkey, on June 28, and since then, after BIRN published an investigation into the Grey Wolves organisation's branch and its activities in Bosnia.

Kuloglija and Buyuk continued to receive messages on their phones with intimidating content after the publication of the article.

The nationalist organization “Grey Wolves” donated a map showing the Aegean islands & Crete as part of Turkey to government partner Devlet Bahceli

A painting made by Kenan Evren, who was once the leader of Turkey's military coup of 1980 and president of the country for seven years, was put up for sale at an auction in the capital Ankara for 2,500 Turkish Liras ($340) two weeks ago but still could not find a buyer.

Turkey on Dec. 12 condemned Austria's move to ban the use of Rabia sign and Turkey's nationalist "Grey Wolves" salute.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has made the nationalist "grey wolf" sign during a Justice and Development party rally in the southern province of Mersin, reports said.

An Ankara court on May 4 officially ruled for a non-suit in the last hearing of the Sept. 12, 1980 military coup case, citing the death of two defendants - namely the chief of general staff and the air force commander of the time - the only military figures still alive when the trial began five years ago.

The Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim showed his sympathy for the untra-nationalist organization of the country in the most clear way. He formed the trademark sign of the “Grey Wolves” inside the Turkish parliament while he was giving a speech!

The daughter of the founder of the extremist group the “Grey Wolves” will not vote in favor of the constitutional changes in the upcoming referendum, which leaves open the question of what is the organization going to do.

 
On a parallel development the nationalistic MHP party seems divided as a number of MPs has stated that they will reject the constitutional changes.

"The power to become habituated to his surroundings is a marked characteristic of mankind," writes John Maynard Keynes in the opening sentence of The Economic Consequences of the Peace. "Very few of us realize with conviction the intensely unusual, unstable, complicated, unreliable, temporary nature of the … organization by which Western Europe has lived for the last half century."

Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has harshly criticized the Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP), describing the party as ?the gladio of terrorists.?