WITH reference to the article entitled “Militant movement seeks to restore Muslim world governed by holy law” by Juan T. Gatbonton and published by your newspaper on July 10, 2017, we would like to clarify the following regarding the foiled coup attempt on July 15, 2016 in Turkey as the author erroneously claims that “the whos, whys and wherefores of the failed Istanbul coup of July 2016 remain largely unknown” and further alleges that “the venture seems to have involved Ataturk’s ideological heirs in the Turkish officer corps”.
Firstly, the coup attempt did not take place only in Istanbul, but the plotters were active in several other major cities in Turkey. Therefore, it is inaccurate to label what happened on July 15, 2016 as “Istanbul coup”.
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