Prejudice in the Western Media
The coup attempt in Turkey on July 15 was historically significant for two reasons.
The Geopolitical Crisis in the Caucasus, Ukraine, and the Middle East
Professor Aktürk extensively analyzed the growing political and military influence of Russia in the Caucasus, Ukraine, and the Middle East, the Western inaction to this and Turkey’s efforts to multiply its policy options in the region.
Re-Thinking the Human Capital Aspect of Industry
Therefore, technological development has long been regarded as a way out, to bypass the so-called trap for middle-income economies, including Turkey.
Strategic Goal and Operational Context of the Euphrates Shield
Here, the questions are how much of this area is strategically important to Turkey and what the strategic success of the operation would be.
Failed Coups and Their Aftermaths: European Examples
This attempt, interestingly, has much in common with the failed coup of July 15, 2016, in Turkey, both in forms of practice and methods of struggle.
How did FETO Terrorists Infiltrate the Turkish Armed Forces?
The gendarmerie is the law enforcement agency and has the closest ties with local people in Turkey.
Disclosing the Transnational Dimension of FETO
Before trying to topple the democratically elected government in Turkey through a military coup, the Gülenist Terror Organization (FETO) presented itself all over the world as a moderate transnational religious network.
Why should not the West love the Gülenists?
The Gülenists, led by US-based cleric Fethullah Gülen, is allegedly behind the failed coup attempt of July 15 in Turkey.
Is German Law Being Politicized?
For almost a month, public squares in Turkey witnessed the "democracy watches" (demokrasi nöbeti).
How Turkish Economy Beat the Coup Attempt
urkey has lived through the biggest trauma in its recent history, as the members of the Fetullah Gülen Terror Organization (FETO) attempted a coup d’état on July 15, 2016.
The Jameel Prize in Istanbul
Ruler 100 Years notes the transition from the Ottoman Empire to the secular Republic of Turkey and the monumental changes from Islamic to Gregorian calendar (1926) and from Arabic to Latin script (1928) in an understated audio-visual work consisting of another ominous wooden ruler.
And The Day Came
One major question regarding the failed coup attempt in Turkey on the night of July 15th, 2016 is: why did millions of people flood into the main streets and squares of Turkey to stop the coup when the rebel soldiers declared a curfew, and furthermore started shooting and even bombing the civilians? Was it just because President Erdoğan could reach out to the masses via his Facetime app and deliver his message of "Go to the streets and give them their answer"?
Was it a spontaneous call and a spontaneous mass response? I believe and will argue that while the timing and brutality of the coup attempt was unexpected, the possibility of a coup itself was not.
The Sense of Betrayal in Turkish Society after the Coup Attempt
Today, many people in Turkey agree that Gülenists have no fair religious, national or universal agenda, except their own ends that justify all means in any given context.
The End of the Turkish-American ‘Alliance’ after the Failed Coup?
In order to assess the geopolitical dimensions of the failed coup in Turkey, first of all, one has to acknowledge that there is a near consensus in Turkey that the failed military coup was executed by the followers of Fetullah Gülen, who has been living in the United States since 1999.
The Turkish Economy in the Aftermath of the Failed Coup Attempt
On July 15, Turkey thwarted a coup attempt by FETO (Fetullah Gülen Terror Organization) with the resistance of the Turkish people, who showed their faith in the Turkish Republic and democracy.
Deconstructing the Gülenist Coup Attempt: A Political Economy Perspective
The long and painful night connecting July 15 to July 16 witnessed a series of extraordinary events that rattled Turkey’s democracy through an unorthodox military coup perpetrated by military officers associated with a terrorist organization secretly formed by messianic and secretive cleric Fethullah Gülen.
Security Vulnerability and the Reorganization Dilemma: What’s Next after the Failed Coup Attempt?
With that said, the security threat that Turkey faces is multiple.
The Defender of Democracy: The Turkish People
” These words, uttered by a university student who took to the streets like hundreds of thousands of people all over Turkey in an effort to thwart the coup attempt, reflect an apparent reality.
A Turning Point for the Media
”To the contrary of this so-called order, other Turkish media organs, in live broadcasts, interviewed Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım and then President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and conveyed their messages to the People of Turkey.
The European Paradox: Between Islamophilia and Islamophobia
Countries such as Albania or Bosnia (and even Turkey, where less than 1% of the population is non-Muslim) are also confronted, to differing degrees, with more subtle but still pernicious forms of anti-Islam rhetoric, and sometimes discrimination.
