After the bloody coup d’état attempt on 15 July 2016 by an organization that exploits religion (FETO/PSS), the Presidency of Religious Affairs held an emergency meeting for the Religious Council in Ankara on 3-4 August 2016, as per the Religious Council Regulation Article 5, with a single agenda item in order to evaluate the period we are going through as a country and a nation, to detect the damage inflicted on our country, our nation, and our religion by this and other similar organizations, to hold discussions on these matters from a religious standpoint, and to determine the concrete steps to be taken.
 

Setting an example for the entire world with their dignified, high-minded, and brave stance against the treacherous and bloody coup attempt and protecting their homeland, their people, their national will, and their rule of law; our glorious nation’s honorable stand on the night of July 15 and our religious officials who kept spirits of the nation alive during the resistance will be remembered with gratitude for generations to come. We wish Allah’s mercy upon our glorious martyrs who immediately accepted the invitation to protect the nation’s own dignity and honor like in the days of the War of Independence and also We wish a quick recovery to our wounded veterans.