US In BIG Mess Over Failed Turkey Coup

 

The United States’ ambassador John Bass to Turkey has re-affirmed that his country was in no way connected to the failed coup attempt that took place in Turkey last month.
He said contrary to the persistent accusations the local media reported on Saturday that his country played no role in the coup.

“I just want to say again, as I’ve said before and as we’ve said from Washington, the United States government did not plan, direct, support or have any advance knowledge of any of the illegal activities that occurred the night of July 15 and into July 16. Full stop,” John Bass said in remarks published in English daily Hurriyet Daily News.
He added that he was “deeply disturbed and offended by the accusations” targeting his country.The July 15 military action blamed by Ankara on US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen has rattled Turkey’s relations with the United States, with Ankara warning Washington that ties will suffer if it fails to extradite Pennyslvania-based Gulen.
Erdogan has also described the failed military action as a “scenario written from outside” in an allusion to foreign involvement.
Shortly after the coup attempt, Labour Minister Suleyman Soylu went even further to say “the United States is behind the coup.”
And this week, Turkey’s former army chief, Ilker Basbug, claimed that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was also behind it.