August 2016

On 15 August 2016, TIME magazine published an article titled The Coup May Have Failed but Fear Still Rules Turkey which was written by Amnesty International’s Turkey researcher Andrew Gardner, who claimed that fear prevails in Turkey in the aftermath of the failed coup attempt launched by an illegal network that the government calls the Fethullahist Terror Organization (FETO).

On 14 August 2016, Sweden’s Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom claimed on her Twitter account that Turkey allows having sex with children younger than 15.

“Turkish decision to allow sex with children under 15 must be reversed. Children need more protection, not less, against violence, sex abuse,” she tweeted.

On the night of 15 July 2016, FETO-linked soldiers launched a coup attempt, killed 246 people, 179 of which were civilians, and wounded thousands. They also bombed Turkey’s Grand National Assembly several times along with many other state buildings and tried to assasinate President Recep Tayyip Erdogan but missed him by minutes. The international media mostly supported the coup plotters and put the blame on President Erdogan for "bringing the coup on himself". Here is a list of the examples:

On the night of 15 July 2016, FETO-linked soldiers launched a coup attempt, killed 246 people, 179 of which were civilians, and wounded thousands. They also bombed Turkey’s Grand National Assembly several times along with many other state buildings and tried to assasinate President Recep Tayyip Erdogan but missed him by minutes. The international media mostly supported the coup plotters and put the blame on President Erdogan for "bringing the coup on himself". Here is a list of the examples:

On 3 August 2016, a private university linked to the Fethullahist Terror Organization (FETO), Mevlana University, which was shut down after the 15 July failed coup attempt, posted tweets exonerating and eulogizing organization leader Fethullah Gulen, championing his organization FETO and threatening Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.