The FETO organization, which is banned in Turkey and designated as a…
The FETO organization, which is banned in Turkey and designated as a terrorist group, has made several attempts to assassinate the country's president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, reported the newspaper Türkiye citing retired Brigadier General Ibrahim Büyükbashi.
Consensus
- FETÖ planned multiple assassination attempts on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan before and during the July 2016 coup attempt.
- The plans included using a scenario similar to the 1981 assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat during a military parade.
- A specific attempt was foiled when Erdoğan left his hotel in Marmaris prior to an attack on the night of 15 July 2016.
- FETÖ also planned to assassinate Erdoğan aboard a foreign airline flight.
- The failed coup attempt resulted in 253 deaths and over 2,200 injuries.
- Following the coup, large-scale purges occurred in Turkish state institutions, with more than 100,000 people dismissed.
Points of divergence
- The police called officers to provincial police headquarters throughout the night and confiscated their service weapons and IDs. — vedomosti
- 8,777 public officials were dismissed by Turkish Interior Ministry after the coup attempt. — vedomosti
- The purges affected 7,899 police officers, 614 gendarmes, 30 provincial governors, and 47 district leaders. — vedomosti
Coverage (3 sources)
- FETO planned to kill Erdogan following the example of the Egyptian president — Вести
- Turkey: Assassination Plot Against Erdogan Was Prepared — Ведомости
- Turkey: FETO was preparing an assassination attempt on Erdogan — Коммерсантъ
Key entities
- Recep Tayyip Erdogan
- FETO
- Turkey
- Turkey
- Ibrahim Buyukbas
- Moscow
- Ministry of Defense
- Turkey
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