Wednesday, 20 July 2016

Turkey’s Failed Coup: Motivations and Implications (Zaur Shiriyev, The Jamestown Foundation)

The attempted coup by factions of the Turkish military calling themselves the “Turkish Peace Council” backfired and failed in less than 24 hours. Friday’s abortive takeover bid was led by a group of military officials with influence in the Air Force and Gendarmerie; and the center of the action was the Akıncı Air Base, near the capital city of Ankara.

http://www.jamestown.org/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=45646&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=7&cHash=d952a371aaf32bf71ebbe7cb1a4d5093#.V4-MPdKLTIU

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