`You stand by putschists`:Turkish President Erdogan tells US general

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‘You stand by putschists’:Turkish
President Erdogan tells US general
Turkish foreign ministry says
Aleppo siege ‘unacceptable’
The Aleppo siege is “sorrowful and
unacceptable”, the Turkish foreign
ministry said late Thursday. In a
written statement, it said eastern
Aleppo has been under a full blockade
for weeks after the regime of Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad and its supporters’ conducted intense attacks.
“Airstrikes against Aleppo and targeting civilians and civil infrastructure should be immediately stopped,”
the ministry said. Forcing millions of
civilians to live in inhumane conditions in Aleppo. >>MORE DETAILS
African political parties
denounce Turkish coup bid
Turkish president lashes out at US Central Command chief who says post-coup purge might affect relations
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday slammed the U.S.
Central Command chief over his remarks following the July 15 failed
coup. On Thursday, speaking at the Aspen Security Forum, a think
tank, in Colorado, Gen. Joseph Votel said: “We have certainly had
relationships with a lot of Turkish leaders -- military leaders in particular. ”I am concerned about what the impact is on those relationships as we continue,” he said. Votel was referring to some Turkish
officers - now in jail - for their role in the coup attempt. >>MORE DETAILS
The head of an association of political parties in Africa condemned
Turkey’s July 15 coup attempt on
Thursday. Nafei Ali Nafei, general
secretary of the Council for African
Political Parties, said: “The Turkish
government party and opposition
parties have shown strong unity
against the coup attempt and this
indicates political awareness among
the opposition groups and the ruling
party.” >>MORE DETAILS
Turkey’s council opts to keep
chief of gen. staff unchanged
Turkey’s Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar will
remain in office, according to the Supreme Military
Council’s decisions announced late Thursday. In remarks made at a press briefing following a five-hour
meeting of the Supreme Military Council in the capital Ankara, presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said
Testimonies reveal Gulen’s
role in Turkey’s failed coup
Testimonies given by suspects, including top military figures, video footages and seized documents
reveal the mastermind role played
by U.S.-based preacher Fetullah
Gulen, the top suspect in the ongoing probes into the July 15 coup
attempt. Turkey’s top general said
Monday that on the night of the
July 15 coup attempt, he was asked
to speak on the phone with U.S.based preacher Fetullah Gulen, the
accused mastermind of the coup
attempt. Chief of Staff Gen. Hulu-
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sion channel CNN Turk Thursday, Cavusoglu said: “So there is something
we want from Germany too. Many
prosecutors and judges of the parallel
state structure [Gulen network] escaped to Germany. >>MORE DETAILS
Turkish deputy recalls failed
coup attack on parliament
“It was one of the longest nights
for Turkey in the past centuries,”
says a Turkish deputy, who was at
the parliament building as it was
attacked during the July 15 coup
attempt. >>MORE DETAILS
si Akar, testifying as a plaintiff to
Ankara prosecutors, said while he
was held hostage by pro-coup soldiers, Gen. Hakan Evrim, the commander of a main jet base, asked
him to speak with Gulen. “Hakan
Evrim said they could put me on
phone with Fetullah Gulen, who he
described as their ‘opinion leader’,”
Akar said. “But I refused the offer
at once.”“I believe those coup-plotters are members of this organization [the Fetullah Terrorist Organization, or FETO]. >> MORE DETAILS
Turkey tells Germany to extradite
judges linked to Gulen’s network
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has criticized Germany for
not extraditing suspects linked to the
U.S.-based preacher Fetullah Gulen’s
network to Turkey. In remarks made
during an interview on Turkish televi-
Land Forces Commander Gen. Salih Zeki Colak, Air
Forces Commander Gen. Abidin Unal, Naval Forces
Commander Gen. Recep Bulent Bostanoglu, and Fleet
Commander Admiral Veysel Kosele were also going to
keep their respective posts. Meanwhile, Deputy Chief
of General Staff Gen. Yasar Guler. >>MORE DETAILS
South Sudan rebels ready
to take capital, leader says
Rebel fighters will enter South Sudanese capital Juba unless peacekeeping
forces are sent, the country’s deposed
Vice President Riek Machar told Anadolu Agency on Friday. >>MORE DETAILS
U.S.-based Standard & Poor’s has
substantially overshadowed its
credibility after making questionable decisions on Turkey in recent
years. The question now is whether this is due to economic reasons
or political revenge? Not only politicians are criticizing the S&P’s
decisions on Turkey that depict its
“bias”, but also experts in international financial markets are voicing
their concerns. The S&P had hastily
cut Turkey’s credit rating from BB+
to BB without preparing a situational analysis and projection report; it
also marked the country’s outlook
to negative after the July 15 coup
attempt, bringing doubt to the credibility of this major rating agency.
It seems the S&P is, unfortunately,
once again releasing its assessment
under the name of “political risk”,
even though its political reflexes do
not have a rational basis. >>MORE DETAILS
Militant group Al-Nusra Front
breaks off ties with Al Qaeda
Syrian militant group Al-Nusra Front
has terminated all ties with Al Qaeda,
the group’s leader told a Qatar-based
television network Thursday. In remarks made during an interview with
Al Jazeera Arabic , Nusra leader Abu
Muhammad al-Golani said the ties
with Al-Qaeda. >>MORE DETAILS