1+ hour, 19+ min ago  (565+ words) Ten years after a coup attempt on July 15, 2016, the coup and the sweeping crackdown launched in its aftermath continue to shape Turkey’s politics, state institutions and civil society, while the human rights consequences of the government’s response endure. The coup…...

7+ hour, 30+ min ago  (670+ words) A decade after a failed military coup in Turkey on July 15, 2016, some teachers and education critics accuse the government of using textbooks and school commemorations to promote its political account of the events, BBC Turkish service reported. The criticism centers…...

8+ hour, 47+ min ago  (721+ words) Although it lasted barely 24 hours, the attempted coup of July 15, 2016, and its aftermath became a turning point for Turkey, sparking changes that have transformed society, analysts say. That evening, a rogue military faction used warplanes and tanks to attack government…...

8+ hour, 44+ min ago  (266+ words) Ten years after a coup attempt on July 15, 2016, the Turkish government’s campaign of hate speech against the faith-based Gülen movement, which began after corruption investigations in 2013 and intensified dramatically after the abortive putsch, remains a defining feature of the political…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (273+ words) Ten years after a coup attempt on July 15, 2016, Turkey’s independent media has been largely dismantled through a combination of mass imprisonment, outlet closures, regulatory punishment, internet censorship and the consolidation of media ownership in pro-government hands. The government has employed…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (740+ words) On July 15, 2016, officer cadet Alper Kalın was about to leave his base in Ankara for a friend’s wedding when he was told to stay behind for a counterterrorism exercise. A few hours later, an attempt by a rogue military faction…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (597+ words) Six former Turkish Air Force Academy cadets who were sent to İstanbul under military orders during the July 2016 coup attempt recount in a new documentary how they were tortured, handed down aggravated life sentences and imprisoned for years over alleged…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (565+ words) Stockholm Center for Freedom STOCKHOLM— The Stockholm Center for Freedom today released a new report, “UN Findings on Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: Widespread and Systematic Rights Violations and Crimes Against Humanity Implications,” which analyzes UN findings on Turkey’s…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (463+ words) Turkish prosecutors on Monday ordered the detention of 968 people over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, which Ankara accuses of orchestrating a failed coup in 2016, Justice Minister Akın Gürlek said. The nationwide operation came two days before the 10th anniversary…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (350+ words) In excess of 720,000 people have been investigated and more than 127,000 have been convicted in Turkey over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement since a coup attempt on July 15, 2016, Justice Minister Akın Gürlek has said. In an interview published on…...