On 23 July 2016, the Economist published an article bearing the title Erdogan’s Revenge. In the article it was claimed that, “Turkey’s president is destroying the democracy that Turks risked their lives to defend”.
Fethullah Gulen penned an article for the New York Times on 25 July 2016, ten days after the failed coup attempt in Turkey. In the article, Gulen denies any involvement in the recent coup attempt and asks the US not to extradite him. He says:
On 20 July 2016, Reuters News Agency published a news article about the aftermath of the last week’s failed coup attempt in Turkey focusing on Turkey’s investigation of the coup plotters. It mentions the high number of public employees who have been suspended from their jobs. The title of the article, however, addresses President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as the perpetrator of the process. The title reads:
“Erdogan targets more than 50,000 in purge after failed coup.”
Time Magazine published an article on 19 July 2016 about the aftermath of last week’s failed coup in Turkey in which it was claimed that the Turkish government started a wide-ranging crackdown against people it claims have ties to coup plotters, noting that tens of thousand of public employees were fired across the country.
On 15 July 2016, a report began spreading that Istanbul's Bosphorus Bridge, joining Europe and Asia together, has been obstructed by military personnel with tanks. First, it was rumoured that the bridge might have been closed because of intelligence suggesting a terror attack was underway. Yet soon it was found out that the reason why the tanks were there, was not due to such intelligence but a coup attempt launched by a renegade clique in the army.
On 16 July 2016, The Conflict News claimed that "Alevi civilians [in Turkey are] protecting their neighborhoods as Islamists try to enter” after rogue soldier in the Turkish army launched a coup attempt to take control of the country. The Conflict News also published pictures of young people holding guns and covering their faces.
On 15 July 2016, the American global intelligence firm Stratfor and The Daily Beast published news stories in which it was claimed that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was "seeking asylum in Germany" after a faction within the Turkish army attempted to organize a coup d'etat and take control of the country.
On 13 July 2016, columnist for the German Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) Karen Kruger claimed in an article that Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has made the country less tolerant to differences in society.
Ece Temelkuran had an article published in the New York Times on 2 July 2016 in which she claimed that broadcast bans by the government after terrorist attacks stifle debate and news reporting, as well as suppressing the emotions of the nation.1
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