Turkish coup d'état attempt

Turkey is within its rights in defending itself by staging an incursion in Syria, according to NATO's secretary-general, who is staging a visit to Ankara.

Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ and U.S. Ambassador to Turkey John Bass discussed the extradition of U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, the self-exiled Islamic preacher accused by Ankara of masterminding the failed military coup attempt, private broadcaster CNN Türk reported on Sept. 9.

The meeting, which went on for 1.5 hours, reportedly took place upon the request of Bass.

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said on Aug. 8 that the government would establish "crisis desks" in order to hear complaints about "unfair" detentions, suspensions and dismissals from office in the probes following the bloody failed coup attempt of July 15.

More than 11,000 teachers have been suspended over suspected links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Turkey's Education Ministry announced on Sept. 8. 

"A total of 11,285 personnel linked to the separatist terrorist organization have been suspended," the ministry stated via Twitter. 

Turkey will continue to implement daylight savings time throughout the entire year and will not roll back its clocks an hour on Oct. 30, according to a cabinet decision announced in the Official Gazette on Sept. 7.
      

Crisis management centers will be set up across the country in order to combat wrongful prosecutions made as part of the investigation into the Fethullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ), Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has announced.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will pay a two-day visit to Ankara on Sept. 8 and 9 to both show the alliance's support and solidarity with Turkey following the defeated coup attempt on July 15 and to discuss developments in Syria, after the Turkish army launched an incursion into its southern neighbor to fight against jihadists. 

Turkey never declared that the United States was behind the July 15 failed coup attempt, believed to have been orchestrated by U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş has said.

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş has criticized the U.S. for "giving a slow reaction" to the July 15 failed coup attempt, believed to have been orchestrated by U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen.

In recent days, an impressive article presenting Zbigniew Brzezinki, political guru and former U.S. National Security Advisor, has been circulated on Turkey's social media. "Top U.S. National Security Official Admits Turkey Coup," its title reads. It then explains: