HomeOffice of the SpokespersonPress Releases...Response to Turkish Statements on the 2016 Attempted Coup in Turkey hide Response to Turkish Statements on the 2016 Attempted Coup in Turkey Press Statement Ned Price, Department Spokesperson February 4, 2021 The United States had no involvement in the 2016 attempted coup in Turkey and promptly condemned it. Recent assertions to the contrary made by senior Turkish officials are wholly false. These remarks and other unfounded and irresponsible claims of U.S. responsibility for events in Turkey are inconsistent with Turkey’s status as a NATO Ally and strategic partner of the United States. Tags Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs North Atlantic Treaty Organization Office of the Spokesperson Turkey
