Turkey’s Interior Minister Says US Behind 2016 Failed Coup

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Interior Minister Soylu, middle, claims that EU was also enthusiastic over the coup attempt of 2016 [Murad Sezer/Reuters] 

US State Department calls the accusation by Turkey’s Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu ‘unfounded and irresponsible’. 
Turkey’s interior minister has accused the United States of being behind a 2016 failed coup that Ankara has blamed on a US-based Muslim preacher and businessman, Turkish daily Hurriyet reported, at a time when Turkey is seeking improved ties with its NATO ally. 
In a prompt response to the comments on Thursday, the US State Department said the accusation was “wholly false”.