Alleged Gulen sympathizers are both villains and heroes of July 15. The govt’s treatment of certain individuals, whose affiliation with Gulen
movement discovered after the July 15, is revealing. That's why an AKP founder @senerabdullatif asked this question. #ErdogansSelfCoup
Today is the third anniversary of the July 15 incident that has been described by president Erdogan himself as a “Gift from God”. He was right; the ‘coup’ has helped him more than anything else to establish his one-man regime. It was #ErdogansSelfCoup.
Using civilian deaths as a crucial component of his campaign, Erdogan made no effort to illuminate the specifics of those deaths. It was the accused soldiers who asked for forensic examination of the firearms, bullets along with the autopsies of the killed civilians. All rejected
Different versions of the “citizens on a tank” photo was one of the emblematic themes of July 15 attempt. Observers quickly pointed out that the tanks on the Bosphorus bridge served no purpose in a military coup. #ErdogansSelfCoup
Many key questions still remain unanswered about this tragedy. Our new report discusses the gaps and inconsistencies in the government’s narrative with new publicly available information. See our report at https://t.co/zNmcDYZs0n
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