Darkmatter: Turkey's Longest Night: Staged Coup or CIA Planned?

The Turkey Coup

A failed coup attempted on July 15, 2016, by the a faction of the Turkish Armed Services called the Peace Home Council, against state institutions, including the government and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Durring the coup over 300 people were killed and more than 2,100 were injured.

On 13 July, less than two days before the coup, Erdoğan signed a bill giving Turkish soldiers immunity from prosecution while taking part in domestic operations.

What happened

Coup members of Turkish SAT Commandos and Battleship Search and Rescue (MAK) troops, attacked the hotel where President Erdoğan stayed.

The Fatih Sultan Mehmet and Bosphorus bridges in Istanbul were closed.

Helicopters bombed the police special forces headquarters and police air force headquarters in Gölbaşı, just outside of Ankara. The attacks left 42 dead and 43 injured.

Türksat headquarters in Gölbaşı was also attacked, killing two security personnel.

Coup soldiers occupied Taksim Square in central Istanbul.

Coup soldiers were inside the buildings of the state broadcaster, the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation , in Ankara.

Coup soldiers forced anchor Tijen Karaş to read out a statement saying that "the democratic and secular rule of law has been eroded by the current government" and that Turkey was now led by the Peace at Home Council who would "ensure the safety of the population,"

Tanks and helicopters from the coup, opened fire the on Turkish Parliament Building.

That caused 12 deaths and many injuries.

In Istanbul several individuals were injured after coup soldiers fired on a group of people attempting to cross the Bosphorus Bridge.

July 16. the coup appeared to have "crumbled" as crowds defied coup military orders and gathered in major squares of Istanbul and Ankara to oppose it.

Coup soldiers surrendered to the police in Taksim Square, Istanbul.

Coup soldiers blocking the Bosphorus Bridge surrendered to the police.

Some of these coup soldiers were lynched by civilians despite the efforts of the police.

In the headquarters of the Turkish Army, 700 unarmed coup soldiers surrendered as the police conducted an operation into the building while 150 armed soldiers were kept inside by the police.

The coup in the TRT building in Istanbul surrendered.

Chief of Staff Akar, held hostage at the Akıncı Air Base in Ankara, was rescued.

And then

Turkish authorities blamed Fethullah Gülen who condemned the coup attempt and denied any role in it.

Former United States diplomat James Jeffrey, who was the United States ambassador to Turkey from 2008 until 2010 made the following remarks: "The Gülen movement has some infiltration at the least in the military that I am aware of. "

President Erdoğan asked the United States to extradite Gülen.

Secretary of State Kerry invited the Turkish government "to present us with any legitimate evidence that withstands scrutiny," before they would accept an extradition request.

President Erdoğan accused Western countries of "supporting terrorism" and a military coup.

On 1 December 2017, Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s office issued arrest warrant for American political analyst, former CIA official and former vice chairman of US National Intelligence Council Graham Fuller.

Very Interesting

WikiLeaks claimed that it was attacked shortly after 17 July .

"Turks will likely be censored to prevent them reading our pending release of 100k+ docs on politics leading up to the coup.", "We ask that Turks are ready with censorship bypassing systems such as TorBrowser and uTorrent"; "And that everyone else is ready to help them bypass censorship and push our links through the censorship to come."

During and after the events, it is suggested that the government knew about the coup in advance and possibly directed it.

The coup attempt began in the evening rather than at a more inconspicuous time.

The events were largely confined to Ankara and Istanbul.

Erdoğan stood to gain from the coup attempt in terms of increasing his popularity and support for his calls for an executive presidency, while being able to legitimise further crackdowns on judicial independence and the opposition in general.

There was no list of demands by the coup plotters

The actions of the coup were highly visible.

Fethullah Gülen, commented, "I don’t believe that the world believes the accusations made by President Erdoğan. There is a possibility that it could be a staged coup and it could be meant for further accusations [against the Gülenists]."

Journalist Cengiz Çandar, a veteran observer of Turkey's coups, said "I have never seen any with this magnitude of such inexplicable sloppiness."

Mehmet Dişli, who was seen giving orders to the coup is the brother of Şaban Dişli, a former vice president of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and confidant of Erdoğan.

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