{"id":135665,"date":"2023-07-16T15:26:44","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T22:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=135665"},"modified":"2023-07-16T15:26:44","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T22:26:44","slug":"elements-of-terror-group-feto-eliminated-from-sri-lanka-turkiye-ambassador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2023\/07\/16\/elements-of-terror-group-feto-eliminated-from-sri-lanka-turkiye-ambassador\/","title":{"rendered":"Elements of terror group FET\u00d6 eliminated from Sri Lanka &#8211; T\u00fcrkiye ambassador"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy Adaderana<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>The Ambassador of T\u00fcrkiye to Sri Lanka says the elements of FET\u00d6 (Fethullahist Terrorist Organization) \u2013 the group behind the foiled 2016 coup bid \u2013 have been eliminated from Sri Lanka after successful joint efforts by the two nations against terrorism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0dad\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dc3\u0dca\u0dad \u0d9a\u0dab\u0dca\u0da9\u0dcf\u0dba\u0db8\u0d9a \u0db8\u0dd9\u0dbb\u0da7 \u0db8\u0dd6\u0dbd \u0db6\u0dd3\u0da2\u0dba \u0db8\u0dd4\u0dbd\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dd4\u0db4\u0dd4\u0da7\u0dcf \u0daf\u0dd0\u0db8\u0dd9\u0dba\u0dd2...&quot;\u0d85\u0dc0\u0db0\u0dcf\u0db1\u0dba\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca \u0d89\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1\u0dc0\u0dcf&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9VQnyO519r0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Addressing the Democracy and National Unity Day Commemoration Ceremony in Colombo on Saturday (July 15), Ambassador Demet \u015eekercio\u011flu said T\u00fcrkiye continues to engage with the Sri Lankan authorities with enhanced intelligence sharing to build a strong, vigilant and comprehensive response to terrorism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On July 15, 2016, the government of T\u00fcrkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan defeated an attempted coup d\u2019\u00e9tat by FET\u00d6 members, which claimed the lives of 251 citizens and left thousands of others injured. The day is commemorated as the Democracy and National Unity Day in T\u00fcrkiye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ambassador said the tragic events that unfolded on July 15t were not merely acts of terror;, but a blatant affront to the founding principles that define the Republic of T\u00fcrkiye and its people \u2013 the principles of democracy, freedom, and the rule of law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said the malicious acts witnessed on July 15, 2016 were not results of an overnight attempt., but the climax of many years of meticulous planning and covert operations by the FET\u00d6 led by Fetullah G\u00fclen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u015eekercio\u011flu highlighted that T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s fight against FETO has been unwavering, and combating these elements of terror has been one of its top priorities both within and outside of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, T\u00fcrkiye Foreign Minister has thanked the country\u2019s Asian partners for their support in the fight against FETO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Addressing a news conference at the ASEAN-T\u00fcrkiye Sectoral Dialogue Partnership Trilateral Meeting held in Jakarta, Indonesia, Minister Hakan Fidan recognized and appreciated the cooperation of T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s friends from the Asian region in the fight against FETO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Adaderana The Ambassador of T\u00fcrkiye to Sri Lanka says the elements of FET\u00d6 (Fethullahist Terrorist Organization) \u2013 the group behind the foiled 2016 coup bid \u2013 have been eliminated from Sri Lanka after successful joint efforts by the two nations against terrorism. Addressing the Democracy and National Unity Day Commemoration Ceremony in Colombo on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-terrorism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135665\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}