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Journalist reveals document destroying gov’t narrative about July 15
By TM - February 5, 2019

An official document obtained by a Turkish journalist who currently lives in exile has increased suspicions about the way the Turkish government presents a coup attempt in the country on July 15, 2016 and suggests that the events which unfolded on that night were known by state authorities in advance.

The failed coup claimed the lives of 249 people while a thousand others were injured. The Turkish government and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan immediately put the blame on the Gülen movement for the coup attempt and launched a massive crackdown on the movement’s followers as a result of which more than 150,000 people have been removed from state jobs while 50,000 others have been jailed on terrorism charges.

Read more at:  https://www.turkishminute.com/2019/02/05/journalist-reveals-document-destroying-govt-narrative-about-july-15/