Zero Hedge | 16 July 2016 [AM editor’s note: for analysis about who Fethullah Gulen really is and where he fits into the history of Turkey’s political landscape and how Turkey fits into the geopolitical terrain, see my article: Operation Gladio: Turkey’s invisible coup and the untold story of the Cold War]. When earlier today…
Aaron Klein | 16 July 2016 Fethullah Gulen, the 75-year old Turkish imam living in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania, threw an accusation back at President Tayyip Erdogan after Turkey’s president squarely blamed him for Friday’s military coup attempt. “There is a slight chance, there is a possibility that it could be a staged coup,” Gulen…
Robert Fisk | 16 July 2016 Too late did Erdogan realise the cost of the role he had chosen for his country – when you can no longer trust your army, there are serious issues that need to be addressed Recep Tayyip Erdogan had it coming. The Turkish army was never going to remain compliant while…
RT | 15 July 2016 Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, appeared live on CNN Turk via FaceTime on the presenter’s cell phone, saying the ongoing military coup in the country “will be overcome” and calling on people to protest. BREAKING Turkish President Erdoğan blames #Gulenist network & calls on public to go to public squares…
VT | 30 June 2016 “Although some Turkish government officials say that the ISIS group was responsible for the attack, ISIS has never officially claimed its attacks on Turkish soil.” The recent bombing in Istanbul reminds me of what the Mossad in Israel did in 1950 and 1951 in Iraq. World War II veteran and…
RT | 2 June 2016 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said Ankara will take retaliatory measures after the German parliament voted to recognize as ‘genocide’ the Armenian massacre of 1915. Turkey has already recalled its ambassador to Germany in protest. Ambassador Huseyin Avni Karslioglu is expected to fly back to Turkey on Thursday afternoon,…
Press TV | 2 April 2016 Russia’s envoy to the United Nations (UN) says he has submitted to the Security Council purported evidence of the illicit transfer of arms and military hardware by Turkey to Daesh terrorist group in Syria. “The main supplier of weapons and military equipment to ISIL fighters is Turkey, which is doing…
RT | 31 April 2016 See video A new trove of documents, obtained by an RT Documentary crew who recently uncovered details of illicit ISIS oil business with Turkey, sheds light on jihadists’ lucrative trade of looted antiquities along their well-established oil and weapons transit routes. There is no official accounting that would illustrate the…
Kurt Nimmo | 28 March 2016 King Abdullah of Jordan told members of Congress Turkey is exporting Islamic State-linked terrorists into Europe. “The fact that terrorists are going to Europe is part of Turkish policy,” said King Abdullah. “Turkey keeps on getting a slap on the hand, but they are let off the hook.” Abdullah…
Webster G. Tarpley | 22 March 2016 Thierry Meyssan reports from Damascus that Turkish President Erdogan is now widely regarded as the prime suspect in the March 22 terrorist bombing of Brussels, Belgium and its nearby airport. Meyssan also points to emerging evidence that would implicate Erdogan in the Paris massacre of last November 13.…