“I do not see any country that would stand behind this man, this leader of the terrorist gang especially after last night. The country that would stand behind this man is no friend to Turkey. It would even be a hostile act against Turkey,” Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım told reporters at a press conference on July 16 as the coup attempt has been foiled earlier in the day.
Yıldırım indirectly criticized the U.S. for not understanding the concerns Turkey had expressed about Gülen, saying “This caused us to pay a big price.”
- Prime Minister said Turkey has already delivered its request of extradition for Gülen.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who spoke late on July 15 to his Turkish counterpart Çavuşoğlu, said: "We haven't received any request with respect to Mr. Gülen."
"And obviously we invited the government of Turkey, as we always do, to present us with any legitimate evidence that withstands scrutiny and the United States will accept that and look at it and make judgements about it appropriately," he said.
Standing alongside Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn outside the country's foreign ministry, Kerry told reporters: "I'm confident that there will be some discussion about that."
"The United without any hesitation squarely and unequivocally stands for democratic leadership, for respect for a democratically elected leader ... and we stand by the government of Turkey," Kerry said.
Washington's top diplomat said that the embassy was seeking to confirm that no U.S. citizens traveling in Turkey had been harmed, and expressed U.S. condolences to the relatives of those who have died.
[hurriyetdailynews.com]
16/7/16
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Summary of the key developments:
ReplyDeleteTurkey's PM Binali Yildirim has declared the attempted coup over, describing it as a "black stain on Turkish democracy" and saying the plotters will "face justice they deserve"
More than 160 people are dead, 1,440 are wounded and some 2,800 soldiers are under arrest after a night in which a faction of the army tried to seize power
Explosions and gunfire were heard in Ankara, Istanbul and elsewhere, and soldiers stormed state media, as the coup unfolded
President Erdogan made a dramatic televised address, via a mobile phone, urging his supporters to take to the streets to oppose the uprising
Exiled Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen denied he was behind the coup after accusations from Mr Erdogan
American diplomats in Turkey say the authorities there have imposed a security lockdown at the Incirlik air base in the southern province of Adana which is used by the US in the fight against militants in Syria
Some 2,745 judges have also been dismissed in the wake of the coup, state media say
Echoing other politicians around the world, the US secretary of state John Kerry said his country supported the Turkish government
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The US and Turkey have had to co-operate closely over the past two years as the US uses the Incirlik air base in southern Turkey to launch its raids on the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria...
ReplyDeleteBut Turkey's ties with the US are more fraught now than 24 hours ago.
Fetullah Gulen, who Turkey blames for the failed coup, lives in the US. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said any country that will "stand by" Mr Gulen "won't be a friend of Turkey and will be considered at war with Turkey".
What's now being reported is that Turkey is shutting off access to Incirlik - and so stopping the US jets conducting sorties against IS....BBC