World Courant
NEW YORK
To mark the seventh anniversary of the failed coup try in Turkey in 2016, a flag with images and names of the victims of the 2016 coup d’etat in Turkey was hung within the Turkish Home in New York.
Talking on the commemoration ceremony held on the Turkish Home, a constructing reserved for Turkey’s diplomatic missions, on Friday, UN Ambassador Sedat Önal known as on the worldwide neighborhood to cooperate with Turkey and act in solidarity to get rid of the Fetullah Terrorist Group (FETO).
This isn’t only a risk to Turkey’s safety and stability, however a risk to (all) international locations wherein it operates. “This can be a clear warning,” he mentioned.
“We bear in mind at this time because the day our nation confronted an unprecedented problem – the cowardly try by a small group in our army to take management of our authorities,” mentioned Reyhan Özgür, Turkey’s Consul Normal in New York.
Nevertheless, we additionally bear in mind this present day that united us as a nation within the face of difficulties and confirmed the unwavering willpower of the Turkish individuals to guard our democratic values.
July 15 is well known yearly in Turkey because the Day of Democracy and Nationwide Unity.
FETÖ and its US-based chief Fetullah Gülen orchestrated the defeated coup on July 15, 2016, wherein 252 individuals have been killed and a couple of,734 individuals have been injured.
Ankara additionally accuses FETO of being behind a long-running marketing campaign to overthrow the state by infiltrating Turkish establishments, primarily the military, police and judiciary.
Gülen has been residing in self-exile close to Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, in america since 1999.
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