Turkish Journalist: Erdogan’s FaceTime Call During 2016 Coup Was Staged

What was once believed to be a game changer during the critical moments of the Turkish coup, Erdogan’s FaceTime call would be a staged one.

Abdullah Ayasun
7 min readSep 8, 2022

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When the putschist troops commandeered tanks and occupied key positions in Ankara and Istanbul in an ill-fated…

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Abdullah Ayasun

New York-based journalist and writer. Columbia School of Journalism. 2023 White House Correspondents' Association Scholar. Twitter: @abyasun