| Peace at Home Council | |
|---|---|
| Yurtta Sulh Konseyi | |
| Leader | Akın Öztürk (alleged) |
| Foundation | July 15, 2016 (latest possible date) |
| Dissolved | July 16, 2016 |
| Country | Turkey |
| Active regions | Ankara |
| Ideology | Kemalism (claimed by the junta) Gülenism (claimed by the government) |
| Major actions | 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt |
| Status | Self-declared Government of Turkey Alleged links with Gülen movement |
| Size | 37 committee members[1] Real size unknown |
The Council for Peace at Home (Turkish: Yurtta Sulh Konseyi), alternatively called the Peace Council, claimed to be an executive body that led a coup attempt in Turkey starting on 15 July 2016 and ended on July 16, 2016.[2] The name was made public in a statement read on air during the July 15, 2016 temporary takeover by soldiers of the headquarters of Turkish state broadcaster TRT. The group was supposedly formed within the Turkish Armed Forces clandestinely. It was declared to be the governing council of Turkey during the coup attempt. The existence of council was firstly announced by Tijen Karaş, a news anchor at the state-owned TRT news channel, allegedly at gunpoint.[3]
The name "Peace at Home Council" is derived from 'Peace at Home, Peace in the World', which is a famous quote of Atatürk.[4] Although it was self-declared as the successor to the incumbent 65th government of Turkey, the citizens taking to the streets failed the coup attempt meant that the Council took neither de facto nor de jure power in the country.