Новости за 16.07.2016

Well, the coup appears to be mostly over. The whole thing was a totally sloppy mess. Like, outrageously so. Like, there is very little possibility that the Turkish military, who throws coups regularly, could have screwed this up this badly. The way you throw a coup is pretty straightforward: first you grab the leader, then grab the media outlets, then put the leader on the media, humiliated. Instead, these people decided to throw the coup while Erdogan was on vacation. And appa ........

The weather on July 17 in Baku and Absheron will be hot and rainless, the air temperature will be + 34 + 36 degrees, in  central low  regions  will be  north-west wind, forecasters said. There will be no precipitation in  the regions of the country, and 39 degrees is expected in the central lowlands. In the mountains of the Greater Caucasus are expected thunderstorms. -02D-

In connection with the attempted military coup in Turkey last night, the n cancelled flights from Baku to Istanbul and Ankara have not been restored, the state company «Azal». According to  "Azal",  all flights Baku-Istanbul and Istanbul-Baku have been  cancelled, as well as the flight Baku-Ankara. Those who bought tickets are free to exchange them for another date, or return.  The  information on  the resumption of flights will be announced afte ........

Turkey’s military leaders, in the face of rising speculation at home and abroad, took the extraordinary step last week of denying plans for a coup. But with domestic turmoil, a rising terrorist threat, chaos in the region and a history of military interventions in Ankara, the denials haven’t quieted buzz from Washington. Turkish generals have intervened in the political process four times since 1960 in response to rising political and security tensions, the last time in 1997. ........

The whole night Ilham Aliyev  was anxiously watching events in Turkey, said in the afternoon on July 16 his assistant  Ali Hasanov. "He was deeply concerned by these events," quoted Hasanov  the state agency "AzerTaj". Aliyev regarded these events as a coup attempt, which is an attack on the rule of law, he said. Hasanov noted that Ilham Aliyev supports Turkey's democratically elected authorities, and "in this regard, the country's state struct ........

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov discussed  on  telephone with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu the situation in the country after an overnight coup attempt. Mammadyarov said that the events in brotherly Turkey  are anxiously tracked in Azerbaijan, MFA press office reported. He condemned the attempt to overthrow the democratically elected government, and said about the unacceptability of this. Mammadyarov expressed support and solidarity with the Turkish Govern ........