Failed coup

US 'Should Have Been Aware' of the Plotted Military Coup in Turkey

It is probable that the United States knew that a military coup was being planned in Turkey, Hakki Pekin, former head of the intelligence department of the Turkish General Staff, said.

On Friday, an attempted military coup took place in Turkey with tanks seen on the streets of the capital of Ankara and the largest city of Istanbul, as the military tried to take control of the country. By early Saturday the coup had been suppressed.

"If it is true that the coup was organized by the organization that is allegedly responsible for it [Gulen movement] then the US should have been aware of the situation. This organization couldn’t stage a coup without notifying Washington. I think that US special services are behind the putsch," Pekin told Sputnik.