The Greek foreign ministry cancelled the two attaches’ accreditations on 7 August 2016, upon the request of the On 9 August 2016, the media reported that Turkey's Rear Admiral Mustafa Zeki Ugurlu, who had been on a United States-based assignment for NATO and after the coup was subject to a detention order in Turkey, had sought asylum in the United States.In mid-November 2016, it was officially confirmed that about 40 Turkish military servicemen of various ranks stationed at NATO command structures had applied for asylum in Germany and At the end of February 2017, Germany said it had received 136 asylum requests from Turks holding diplomatic passports since the July coup attempt, the figure being a total for the period August 2016 to January 2017; some were presumed to be military officers posted to Nato bases in Germany.As of March 2017, Norway have granted asylum for four Turkish soldiers and a military attache.Several Turkish citizens with diplomatic passports have sought political asylum in Also, Erdoğan has extended the maximum period of detention for suspects from four days to 30, a move Amnesty said increased the risk of torture or other maltreatment of detainees.Turkish Justice Ministry denied the reports and the Justice Minister On 7 August, more than a million people gathered for an anti-coup rally organized by the Turkish authorities in Istanbul. "The Peace at Home Council was reportedly chaired by The Turkish Presidential office said President Erdoğan was on holiday inside Turkey and safe, and condemned the coup attempt as an attack on democracy.By 01:00, it was reported that the military had pulled its forces from the Atatürk airport and people were coming inside, but by 01:13, it was reported that tanks were inside the airport and gunfire was heard.A helicopter belonging to the pro-coup forces was shot down by a Turkish military At 03:08, a military helicopter opened fire on the Turkish parliament.It was reported that the Turkish parliament had been bombed again at 03:23 and 03:33.At around 04:00 two or three helicopters attacked Erdogan's hotel.After Erdoğan flew into Istanbul, he made a televised speech inside the airport at around 04:00, whilst thousands gathered outside. The Gülen movement was once a pillar of the Erdogan regime in Turkey. "Statements against the U.S. and the West, and U.S. responseTurkish military personnel and diplomats asylum bidsPossible connections of the coup leaders to ErdoğanStatements against the U.S. and the West, and U.S. responseTurkish military personnel and diplomats asylum bidsPossible connections of the coup leaders to ErdoğanFirst in October 2016 and by three months in each occasion "According to Aras and Caha, Gülen's views on women are "progressive". Turkey's failed coup attempt: All you need to know. Gülen founded the Gülen movement (known as the hizmet, meaning service in Turkish), which is a 3-to-6 million strong, volunteer-based movement in Turkey and around the world. In 2018, the Istanbul Municipal Council has decided to change the names of a total of 90 streets that included words, which could be associated with FETÖ.German lawmakers have called for an investigation, charging that Turkey is spying on suspected Gulen followers in Germany.On 21 December 2016, the Turkish government has recalled Yusuf Acar, the religious affairs attaché of the Turkish Embassy in the On 26 January 2017, President Erdoğan, during his visit to In April 2017 it was announced that President Erdoğan planned to establish a purpose-built museum dedicated to the coup events, called the "Museum of the 15 July: Martyrs and Democracy", to be located in During the first hours of the coup plotters' moves of blocking İstanbul's bridges and flying fighter jets low over İstanbul and Ankara, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the then prime minister of Pakistan, was all praise for the people of Turkey and the AKP government and strongly condemned what he termed as an attempt to undermine democracy in Turkey. They attempted to seize control of several key places in Ankara, Istanbul, and elsewhere, but failed to do so after forces loyal to the state defeated them. The Turkish government accuses Gülen of being behind the coup—a claim that Gülen denies—and accused the United States of harboring him. The core tenets of a functioning democracy — the rule of law, respect for individual freedoms — are also the most basic of Islamic values bestowed upon us by God.

Speaking against oppression is a democratic right, a civic duty and for believers, a religious obligation. In short, they blame the military for its failure rather than acknowledge the power of the masses and their successes.Pro-government forces sent text messages to every Turkish citizen calling for them to protest against the coup attempt.The coup plotters initiated their operation hours ahead of the planned time when they understood that their plans had been compromised.Reports have emerged, neither confirmed or denied by Russia or Turkey, that the Russian An extensive purge of the Turkish civil service began in the wake of the coup attempt, with President Erdoğan warning his opponents that "they will pay a heavy price for this. And with their production of The Glass Menagerie, they have taken on a fairly big risk by taking Williams’ dream logic to its logical end and coming up with a soaring and stinging production anchored by a genuinely terrific ensemble and a …