Mehmet Dişli

Diplomacy

Turkey appoints controversial gov’t figure as ambassador to Netherlands

September 7, 2018

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has appointed Şaban Dişli, one of the founders of the party who had faced bribery allegations in...

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Coup suspect general denies notifying army chief about unfolding coup attempt

May 30, 2017

Maj. Gen. Mehmet Dişli, brother of ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Deputy Chairman Şaban Dişli and accused of being a ringleader of a...

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Team of AKP deputy chairman’s brother bombed Parliament on July 15

March 6, 2017

An indictment drafted in the case of a failed coup attempt on July 15 claims that the team of Maj. Gen. Mehmet Dişli, one...

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CHP deputy: Putschist general and military chief bought property together

February 23, 2017

Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Mahmut Tanal has said that Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar and Maj. Gen. Mehmet Dişli, one of...

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Putschist Maj. Gen. Dişli’s photo fuels debate

December 26, 2016

A new photo of Maj. Gen. Mehmet Dişli, one of the alleged leaders of a coup attempt in Turkey on July 15 and brother...

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Kılıçdaroğlu says anyone can be arrested at any time in Turkey

December 5, 2016

Slamming an increasingly authoritarian rule in Turkey, main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said during an address in Parliament on Monday...

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CHP deputy: AKP trying to whitewash July 15 coup attempt

December 5, 2016

Turkey’s parliamentary Coup Investigation Commission member and main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Aytun Çıray said the government wants the commission to send...

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AKP coup commission members refuse to hear putschist general’s testimony

November 24, 2016

The parliamentary Coup Investigation Commission on Thursday declined to hear the testimony of putschist general Mehmet Dişli, the brother of a senior ruling party...

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CHP leader accuses AKP gov’t of laying groundwork for coup attempt

October 28, 2016

Leader of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has accused the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government of laying the groundwork...

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