Turkish coup d'état attempt

Police arrested a Turkish man possessing weapons & a list of supporters of the Gulen movement, which the Turkey has labeled “terrorists”

"I called him several times in the evening, but his phone was out of reach," she said. "Finally, my son located his iPhone. We found his car parked with a flat tyre at around 3.20 in the morning. The doors were open. His jacket, glasses and two mobile phones were inside."

Authorities are seeking up to 15 years in prison for the license holder of ByLock, an encrypted messaging app developed and exclusively used by FETÖ members, the state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Alpaslan Demir, a U.S. citizen of Turkish origin who goes by the name David Keynes, surrendered to Turkish authorities in Istanbul on June 9, according to the report.

The images of a key coup suspect, Adil Öksüz, in the Akıncı Air Base, which was used as a command center during the 2016 defeated coup attempt in the country by the FETÖ, were revealed for the first time, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported on July 21.

A refugee waits near the Pazarkule Border gate early morning at the Turkish-Greek border, in Edirne, Turkey, 04 March 2020. EPA-EFE/SEDAT SUNA

The Bulgarian state was ordered to pay the journalist 15,000 euros in damages.

The court in Strasbourg found that he was forced to leave Turkey amid a widespread crackdown in the aftermath of a failed coup in July 2016.

The repulse of 2016 coup attempt in Turkey is "a common source of pride" for the nation, the country's president said on July 15, marking the fifth anniversary of the defeated coup.

The U.S. should extradite the leader of the FETÖ, the group behind the 2016 defeated coup in Turkey, the head of a Turkish major political party said on July 13.

A Turkish court on July 12 delivered its reasoned decision on the case of the Akıncı Air Base, which was used as a command center during the 2016 defeated coup bid in the country by the FETÖ. 

A top terrorist of the FETÖ in Central Asia was nabbed abroad in an operation by Turkish intelligence, Turkey's president said July 5.

Turkey is putting NATO at the center of its security while sharing all of its values and burden, the Turkish defense minister has said just a few days before the NATO leaders' summit, recalling that the Turkish army ranks atop in terms of force contribution to the alliance's missions.