Turkish coup d'état attempt

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: 

A delegation from Justice Ministry visited Strasbourg last week in order to brief the Council of Europe about post-coup attempt prosecutions in Turkey, Turkish Ambassador to the Council of Europe Erdoğan İşcan has said.

A working group came together "for consultations to develop compatibility in standards between Turkey and the Council of Europe," İşcan told the Hürriyet Daily News.

The Turkish Air Force has changed the name of the Akıncı Air Base in Ankara, which was used as the headquarters of the July 15 failed coup attempt, Doğan News Agency has reported.

"I have said that 90 percent of Turks agree on only two things: That there is a God and that FETÖ [the Fethullahist Terror Organization] is behind the coup," Oğuz Kaan Salıcı told me, while speaking about the meetings of the foreign affairs commission in the United States, right after the coup. 

EU officials have begun to visit the Turkish capital of Ankara with increased frequency in an effort repair the recent damage in ties, which became strained after the July 15 failed coup attempt and the process of visa liberalization for Turkish citizens to the bloc stalled.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has reiterated his previous call for the formation of a "safe zone" inside Syria to help solve the migrant problem, while also calling for the creation of a "no-fly zone" in order to secure the region's security. 

Dutch police on Sept. 5 detained a 42-year-old Dutchman of Turkish descent for alleged death threats and hate speech after the failed Turkish coup in July, which has ratcheted up tension among Turks in the Netherlands.