Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug. 8
By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend:
The US didn’t provide timely support to Turkey during a military coup attempt, Al Jazeera Turk reported Aug. 8.
After the US Ambassador in Turkey John Bass learned about the military coup attempt at 22:00 local time, he called the US State Department.
Only 40 minutes later, US Secretary of State John Kerry issued a statement that the US stands for normalization of the situation in Turkey.
The statement by the US didn’t contain any hint of support for Turkey's democracy, the newspaper reported, citing diplomatic sources in Turkey.
Some political circles interpreted this statement that the US was waiting for the results of the military coup attempt in Turkey.
Only at 02:05 (GMT + 3 hours), when the military coup attempt failed, the White House issued a statement in which it clearly expressed support for democracy in Turkey.
On July 15 evening, Turkish authorities said a military coup attempt took place in the country. Meanwhile, a group of servicemen announced about transition of power to them.
However, the rebelling servicemen started to surrender July 16 and Turkish authorities said the coup attempt failed. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the death toll as a result of the military coup attempt stood at 246 people excluding the coup plotters and over 2,000 people were wounded.
Erdogan declared a three-month state of emergency in Turkey on July 20.
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