: By the numbers • At least 161 people killed • 2,839 military officers were detained • At least 1,140 people wounded • 1 airfield still under military faction 's control • At least 200 soldiers turned themselves in to police in Ankara • 11 years : Erdogan 's reign as Prime Minister • 2014 : Year that Erdogan ran for President -- and won The military 's claim of a takeover was read on state broadcaster TRT . The anchor said the military imposed martial law .
Guan also met with a senior Russian general while in Syria . Chinese officials have cited the participation of Islamists from the Uighur population in China ’s Xinjiang region in both ISIS and the Syrian Al Qaeda affiliate as one of their reasons for seeking increased involvement in Syria . Perhaps even more concerning is the rapprochement between Russia and Turkey in the wake of last month ’s abortive coupconflict.attack.naagainst Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan , which by all indications enjoyed the support of Washington and its European allies . In his first trip abroad in the wake of the July 15 military uprising , Erdoğan visited Saint Petersburg , Russia ’s second city , last week for talks with Putin . In the aftermath of the talks , Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said that a proposal was “ on the table ” for Turkey and Russia to carry out joint operations against ISIS .
On Saturday morning , the American Embassy in Ankara issued an “ Emergency Message for U.S. Citizens , ” warning that power had been cut to Incirlik and that “ local authorities are denying movements on to and off of ” the base . Incirlik was forced to rely on backup generators ; U.S. Air Force planes stationed there were prohibited from taking off or landing ; and the security - threat level was raised to FPCON Delta , the highest state of alert , declared when a terrorist attack has occurred or may be imminent . On Sunday , the base commander , General Bekir Ercan Van , and nine other Turkish officers at Incirlik were detained for allegedly supporting the coupconflict.attack.na. As of this writing , American flights have resumed at the base , but the power is still cut off . According to Hans M. Kristensen , the director of the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists , underground vaults at Incirlik hold about fifty B-61 hydrogen bombs — more than twenty - five per cent of the nuclear weapons in the NATO stockpile .
Instead of condemning the figures behind the uprising , suspending support to the illegitimate government of Zelaya ’s successor , Roberto Micheletti , and demanding a restoration of the democratically elected Zelaya , Secretary Clinton decided to move on . In her memoir “ Hard Choices , ” Clinton wrote that after the coup , she went about hatching a plan with other leaders in the region “ to restore order in Honduras and ensure that free and fair elections could be held quickly and legitimately , which would render the question of Zelaya moot . ” The United States pushed for elections , and in November 2009 , despite a boycott by opposition leaders and international observers , elections were orchestrated by the same figures behind Zelaya ’s ouster . Since the coupconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattle, violence and assassinations , as well as persecutions of journalists and social justice advocates , have skyrocketed in Honduras . Last week ’s high - profile murder of the Goldman prize - winning indigenous leader and environmental activist Berta Caceres is yet another tragic example of the abhorrent human rights record in Honduras under the government that came to power via the 2009 coup . Between 2010 and 2014 , 101 environmental activists have been killed in Honduras , according to Global Witness .
Scores of such conferences take place in Turkey every year , and the 15 or so participants at this one were seasoned foreign policy experts . But Akşam labeled each foreign participant a “ CIA agent , ” published photographs gleaned from the internet , and claimed – inaccurately , along with many other demonstrable falsehoods – that the delegates all took a private boat to the island “ to avoid being recorded by security footage . ” The Wilson Center rejects “ categorically ” any link to the coupconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattleattempt , and said in a statement that the island meeting “ was very much removed from the center of the crisis . ” “ Perhaps the most suspicious name in the conference , ” Akşam reported , was that of this reporter , who was confused with the American death row inmate of the same name who killed his pregnant wife , Laci , in 2002 . One front page showed that Scott Peterson wearing a suit and tie , in court ; another wearing an orange prison jumpsuit and handcuffs , superimposed over San Quentin prison .
On Saturday morning , the American Embassy in Ankara issued an “ Emergency Message for U.S. Citizens , ” warning that power had been cut to Incirlik and that “ local authorities are denying movements on to and off of ” the base . Incirlik was forced to rely on backup generators ; U.S. Air Force planes stationed there were prohibited from taking off or landing ; and the security - threat level was raised to FPCON Delta , the highest state of alert , declared when a terrorist attack has occurred or may be imminent . On Sunday , the base commander , General Bekir Ercan Van , and nine other Turkish officers at Incirlik were detained for allegedly supporting the coupconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattle. As of this writing , American flights have resumed at the base , but the power is still cut off . According to Hans M. Kristensen , the director of the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists , underground vaults at Incirlik hold about fifty B-61 hydrogen bombs — more than twenty - five per cent of the nuclear weapons in the NATO stockpile .
On Saturday , the Pentagon said U.S. officials were working with Turkey to resume air operations at Incirlik Air Base . " In the meantime , U.S. Central Command is adjusting flight operations in the counter - ISIL campaign to minimize any effects on the campaign , " Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said . Clothes and weapons beloging to soldiers involved in the coupconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattleattempt lie on the ground abandoned on Bosphorus Bridge . Key air base closed For now , American airstrike missions from the base have been halted .
_ _ _ 5:10 a.m. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim , speaking to state - run Anadolu Agency , says more than 120 people have been arrested in a coupconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattleplot . He says : " Things are getting better every minute . " Yildirim called on people to remain in the streets to support the government against coup plotters and appealed for patience .
But the pro - Kurdish HDP , the third - largest party in parliament , was not invited due to its alleged links to Kurdish militants , prompting anger on social media from its supporters . The brutality of July 15 , in which rogue soldiers commandeered fighter jets , helicopters and tanks , shocked a nation that last saw a violent military power grab in 1980 . Even Erdogan 's opponents saw his leadership as preferable to a successful coupconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattlerenewing the cycle of military interventions that dogged Turkey in the second half of the 20th century . " Erdogan has been brutal and unfair to us in the past , but I believe he has now understood the real importance of the republic 's values , " said Ilhan Girit , 44 , a musician and CHP supporter , carrying a flag of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk , founder of the modern secular republic . A convoy of nationalists on motorbikes passed as he spoke .
Although he did n't outline any threat , Erdogan 's emphasis on U.S.-Turkish counterterrorism cooperation raised the prospect of a prolonged closure of Incirlik if he did n't get his way . Stung by the criticism , the State Department fired back . In a readout of the telephone call between Kerry and Cavosoglu , the department said Kerry told his fellow diplomat , " public insinuations or claims about any role by the United States in the failed coupconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattleattempt are utterly false and harmful to our bilateral relations . " Kerry reiterated U.S. support for Turkey 's democratically elected government , according to the State Department readout , and urged authorities to respect the rule of law and safeguard civilian life as they respond to the coup attempt . Kerry also said Turkey needed to respect due process as it investigates those it believes were involved in the plot .
Albright boasted , " If we have to use force it is because we are America ; we are the indispensable nation . We stand tall and we see further than other countries into the future . " Hillary 's record includes supporting the barbaric " contras " against the Nicaraguan people in the 1980s , supporting the NATO bombing of the former Yugoslavia , supporting the ongoing Bush - Iraq War , the ongoing Afghan mess , and as Secretary of State the destruction of the secular state of Libya , the military coupconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattlein Honduras , and the present attempt at " regime change " in Syria . Every one of these situations has resulted in more extremism , more chaos in the world , and more danger to our country . Next will be the borders of Russia , China , and Iran .
Other societies do n't like their countries to be manipulated by U.S. covert operations . Removing a leader , even if done " successfully , " does n't solve any underlying geopolitical problems , much less ecological , social , or economic ones . A coupconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattled'etat invites a civil war , the kind that now wracks Afghanistan , Iraq , Libya , and Syria . It invites a hostile international response , such as Russia 's backing of its Syrian ally in the face of the CIA - led operations . The record of misery caused by covert CIA operations literally fills volumes at this point .
Donald Trump told The New York Times that if elected , he would not automatically come to the aid of NATO allies in the Baltics if they came under Russian attack . In the interview Wednesday , he also said he would not pressure Turkey about purges or crackdowns on civil liberties following the failed coupconflict.attack.nalast weekend . Claiming that the U.S. has to " fix our own mess " before intervening in the running of other countries , Trump told the Times he would press the hard - line nationalist " America First " theme of his campaign . " I do n't think we have a right to lecture , " Trump told the newspaper ahead of his address Thursday night acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention .
“ The Democracy forces do not side with either camp during these clashes . If there is a coup against democracy , it is the one carried out by the fascist AKP government , ” it added . “ Political power ’s control over the judiciary , the implementation of fascist laws and policies through a parliamentarian majority , the removal of parliamentarians ’ immunities , the arrest of co - mayors , the removal of co - mayors from their positions , and the imprisonment of thousands of politicians from the HDP and DBP constitute more of an actual coupconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattle, ” the PKK said . “ The latest coup attempt shows that Turkey needs to get rid of the fascist AKP government and have a democratic government . The recent developments make it urgent for Turkey to democratize and get rid of its monist , hegemonic and fascist government , ” the Kurdish party said .
Only in partnership with Russia will we be able to settle the crisis in Syria , " Erdogan said . Russia and Turkey have been on different sides in Syria , with Moscow backing President Bashar al - Assad while Ankara wants him ousted . Erdogan 's meeting with Putin coincides with renewed strains in Ankara 's ties with the West after a failed military coupconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattlein Turkey in which more than 230 people were killed . Turkey accuses the West of showing more concern over a post - coup crackdown than over the bloody events themselves . However , Turkish officials say Erdogan 's visit to Russia does not mean Turkey , a NATO ally and an aspiring member of the European Union , is turning its back on the West .
Note how Trump wants to be tougher on China , but Clinton does not . https://ramumine.wordpress.com/tag/glencore-xstrata/ Remember the Honduran coupconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattle? Guess which company benefitted from Hillary ’s mucking about in Honduras ? That ’s right , Glencore .
As early as July , 1989 , Eduard Shevardnadze , Gorbachev ’s Foreign Minister , had told Secretary of State James Baker , “ In time there could be danger of civil war and dictatorship . ” The C.I.A. did not think a putsch was necessarily imminent , but with every month there were broad indications — then more booming ones . In December , 1990 , Shevardnadze resigned his post , declaring publicly , “ A dictatorship is coming . ” And in June , 1991 , just weeks before the publication of “ A Word to the People , ” Gavriil Popov , a liberal and the mayor of Moscow , went to Spaso House , the residence of American Ambassador Jack Matlock , and told him that a coupconflict.attack.nawas being planned . Matlock sent an emergency “ flash cable ” to Baker , who , in turn , told Bush ; the Americans also informed both Gorbachev and the Russian President , Boris Yeltsin . Gorbachev , who had grown accustomed to a more or less permanent state of crisis and embattlement , somehow did not take the warning seriously .
The official requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue . Earlier , a spokesman for Turkey 's national intelligence agency , MIT , said that the attempt to seize control had been defeated . Presidential Spokesman Ibrahim Kalin told NTV television : " The military commanders have made it clear that the coupconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattleplotters violated the chain of command ... The people have shown that they stand in solidarity with democracy and the elected government . " _ _ _
A giant Turkey 's national flag is seen during the Democracy and Martyrs Rally , organized by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and supported by ruling AK Party ( AKP ) , oppositions Republican People 's Party ( CHP ) and Nationalist Movement Party ( MHP ) , to protest against last month 's failed military coup attempt , in Istanbul , Turkey , August 7 , 2016 . REUTERS / Osman Orsal A woman reacts as she attends the Democracy and Martyrs Rally , organized by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and supported by ruling AK Party ( AKP ) , oppositions Republican People 's Party ( CHP ) and Nationalist Movement Party ( MHP ) , to protest against last month 's failed military coupconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattleattempt , in Istanbul , Turkey , August 7 , 2016 . REUTERS / Osman Orsal People wave Turkey 's national flags during the Democracy and Martyrs Rally , organized by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and supported by ruling AK Party ( AKP ) , oppositions Republican People 's Party ( CHP ) and Nationalist Movement Party ( MHP ) , to protest against last month 's failed military coup attempt , in Istanbul , Turkey , August 7 , 2016 .
Washington ( AFP ) - Dozens of US nuclear weapons stored at a Turkish air base near Syria are at risk of being captured by " terrorists or other hostile forces , " a Washington think tank claimed Monday . Critics have long been alarmed by America 's estimated stockpile of about 50 nuclear bombs at Incirlik in southern Turkey , just 70 miles ( 110 kilometers ) from the border with war - torn Syria . The issue took on fresh urgency last month following the attempted coupconflict.attack.nain Turkey , in which the base 's Turkish commander was arrested on suspicion of complicity in the plot . " Whether the US could have maintained control of the weapons in the event of a protracted civil conflict in Turkey is an unanswerable question , " said Monday 's report from the Stimson Center , a nonpartisan think tank working to promote peace . Incirlik is a vital base for the US - led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria , with the strategically located facility affording drones and warplanes fast access to IS targets .
Turkish soldiers detain Staff Sergeant Erkan Cikat , one of the missing military personnel suspected of being involved in the coup attempt , in Marmaris , Turkey , July 25 , 2016 . REUTERS / Kenan Gurbuz Turkish soldiers search for missing military personnel suspected of being involved in the coupconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattleattempt in Marmaris , Turkey , July 18 , 2016 . REUTERS / Kenan Gurbuz Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends an interview with Reuters at the Presidential Palace in Ankara , Turkey , July 21 , 2016 .
He said , « Our policy has always been against him [ Assad]. Period » . This has actually been the case not only since the Party that Assad leads , the Ba’ath Party , was the subject of a shelved CIA coup - plot in 1957 to overthrow and replace it ; but , actually , the CIA ’s first coupconflict.attack.nahad been not just planned but was carried out in 1949 in Syria , overthrowing there a democratically elected leader , in order to enable a pipeline for the Sauds ’ oil to become built through Syria into the largest oil market , Europe ; and , construction of the pipeline started the following year . But , there were then a succession of Syrian coups ( domestic instead of by foreign powers – 1954 , 1963 , 1966 , and , finally , in 1970 ) , concluding in the accession to power of Hafez al - Assad during the 1970 coup . And , the Sauds ' long - planned Trans - Arabia Pipeline has still not been built .
This week Brazil moved one step closer to removing Dilma Rousseff from office after the Senate voted to indict the suspended president over charges of violating fiscal laws . The move means the Senate will go ahead with Rousseff 's trial , which is expected to begin at the end of August . Rousseff calls the ongoing impeachment proceedings a " coupconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattle" . Critics of Rousseff 's impeachment argue that many of those voting on whether to remove the suspended president , including those strongly pushing for the impeachment , need also to be examined as they face serious corruption violations . In this week 's Reality Check , Mehdi Hasan looks at how deep corruption runs in the Brazilian political system .
“ The Ukrainian crisis was n't our fault . It was n't us who supported the anti - constitutional coup in Ukraine , ” Putin said , apparently referring to the U.S. endorsement of the 2014 revolution . The coupconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattleprompted both the uprising and Crimea 's voluntary crossover to Russia , Putin added .
Another Trump voter , Dan Bowman , told the Boston Globe : “ If she ’s in office , I hope we can start a coupconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattle. She should be in prison or shot . That ’s how I feel about it .
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( MoFA ) for the Republic of Turkey , the two captured CIA pilots were not only responsible for shooting down the Russian Sukhoi Su-24 m bomber over Syria last year , but also attempted to kill President Erdogan during the failed “ coup ” attempt a few days ago . Whatdoesitmean.com reports : The MoD further warned that the Obama regime was planning to kill President Erdogan in a coup and replace him the CIA ’s “ designated figurehead ” Fethullah Gulen — and that Turkey ’s MoFA confirmed just hours ago was behind this plot by stating that “ the Fethullah Gülen Terrorist Organization is behind this coupconflict.attack.naattempt ” . Still not being told the American people about this latest failed Obama regime - CIA “ adventure ” , and that we reported on in our 17 July report Turkish Leader Praises Putin For Saving His Live — But Vows “ Revenge ” On Obama , is that the life of President Erdogan was only able to be saved due elite Federation Spetsnaz forces President Putin had ordered to protect him . This SC report further states that on 15 July , when President Erdogan was in flight to Istanbul to counter the CIA - led coup forces against him , the same two pilots who had downed Su-24 bomber aircraft , locked on their air - to - air missiles to destroy Erdogan ’s plane .
Under Hillary Clinton ’s leadership as Secretary of State , the U.S. gave support to the Honduras military which ousted yet another democratically elected president . Here ’s Dana Frank ’s description in the New York Times on January 26 , 2012 . “ Ever since the June 28 , 2009 , coupconflict.attack.nathat deposed Honduras ’s democratically elected president , José Manuel Zelaya , the country has been descending deeper into a human rights and security abyss . That abyss is in good part the State Department ’s making .... This chain of events — a coup that the United States did n’t stop , a fraudulent election that it accepted — has now allowed corruption to mushroom .
Turkish Prime Minister said that 2,839 soldiers and officers implicated in an overnight coupconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattleattempt have been arrested . At least 265 people have been killed , including 104 pro - coup participants , while 1,440 people were injured in military action in Istanbul and Ankara . According to Prime Minister Binali Yildirim , those arrested included ordinary soldiers and high - ranking officers .
Not just these two pilots were ordered by the CIA to abort their mission , this report notes , but , in fact , all Turkish , NATO and American aircraft were ordered to immediately return to their bases too throughout the entire Levant War Zone . Without air cover to protect them , this report says , these CIA coup forces were overwhelmed by both Turkish police forces and ordinary citizens and President Erdogan was able to land safely in Istanbul to guide them to victory . Stunningly , this SC report reveals that the reason for the CIA ordering all of their aircraft supporting their coupconflict.attack.nato be grounded was due to President Putin ’s “ threat / promise ” to immediately activate the MoD ’s S-500 Prometey ( 55R6 M Triumfator - M ) air defense systems stationed at Khmeimim Air Base that would , within 120 seconds , down every “ hostile ” aircraft over Turkey , Syria and Iraq — as well as destroy every single US - NATO military satellite in low Earth orbit ( LEO ) over the Levant . Though barely known to average Western peoples , this report explains , the S-500 is the most feared weapon of its type in the world and can simultaneously intercept up to ten ballistic and hypersonic missiles and is capable of engaging targets at an altitude of up to 200 kilometers ( more than 120 miles ) , can intercept aircraft and UAVs , as well as destroy low - earth - orbit satellites , space destruction devices and orbital weaponry too — and by its ability to operate on super inaudible radio channels , makes it impervious to all countermeasures . With these two CIA pilots now in custody , along with their commander , and coup leader , General Akin Ozturk , this report continues , it is expected that they will be sentenced to death after President Erdogan ’s government reinstates the death penalty later this week , or next .
In pictures : Turkey coup attempt 17 show all In pictures : Turkey coup attempt 1/17 Turkish President Erdogan attends the funeral service for victims of the thwarted coupconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattlein Istanbul at Fatih mosque on July 17 , 2016 in Istanbul , Turkey Burak Kara / Getty Images 2/17 Soldiers involved in the coup attempt surrender on Bosphorus bridge with their hands raised in Istanbul on 16 July , 2016 Gokhan Tan / Getty 3/17 A civilian beats a soldier after troops involved in the coup surrendered on the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul , Turkey , 16 July , 2016 REUTERS / Murad Sezer
Tensions between Turkey and the US have escalated following the attempted coupconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattleagainst the Erdogan administration , with the country 's leader demanding the extradition of a US - based cleric accused of orchestrating the violence . Another senior official has directly blamed the United States . The Obama administration has strongly denied any involvement or responsibility in recent events in the country .
We have bailed out the banks , pushed through programs of austerity . This has been a bipartisan effort , because they ’ve both been captured by corporate power . We have undergone what John Ralston Saul correctly calls a corporate coupconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattled’état in slow motion , and it ’s over . I just came back from Poland , which is a kind of case study of how neoliberal poison destroys a society and creates figures like Trump . Poland has gone , I think we can argue , into a neofascism .
Another foreign - policy “ success ” of Mrs. Clinton , which her swooning followers will ignore , the few that even know about it , is the coup ousting the moderately progressive Manuel Zelaya of Honduras in June , 2009 . A tale told many times in Latin America . The downtrodden masses finally put into power a leader committed to reversing the status quo , determined to try to put an end to up to two centuries of oppression … and before long the military overthrows the democratically - elected government , while the United States – if not the mastermind behind the coupconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattle– does nothing to prevent it punish the coup regime , as only the United States can punish ; meanwhile Washington officials pretend to be very upset over this “ affront to democracy ” . ( See Mark Weisbrot ’s “ Top Ten Ways You Can Tell Which Side the United States Government is on with Regard to the Military Coup in Honduras ” . ) In her 2014 memoir , Hard Choices , Clinton reveals just how unconcerned she was about restoring Zelaya to his rightful office : “ In the subsequent days [ after the coup ] I spoke with my counterparts around the hemisphere … We strategized on a plan to restore order in Honduras and ensure that free and fair elections could be held quickly and legitimately , which would render the question of Zelaya moot . ”
Anti - American sentiment among Turks is on the rise and can only be calmed by the United States extraditing the Muslim cleric Ankara accuses of orchestrating last month ’s failed coupconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattle, Turkey ’s justice minister said on Tuesday . Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan blames Fethullah Gulen , who has lived in self - imposed exile in rural Pennsylvania since 1999 , and his followers for the July 15 coup , in which more than 240 people were killed and nearly 2,200 wounded . Turkey has launched a series of mass purges of suspected Gulen supporters in its armed forces , other state institutions , universities , schools and the media since the abortive coup , prompting Western concerns for the stability of a key NATO ally .