Turkish Peace Council

The Turkish Peace Council (Turkish: Yurtta Sulh Konseyi) was an executive body formed on 15 July 2016 by a group within the Turkish Armed Forces. It was declared to be the governing council of Turkey during a on the same day. It was reportedly chaired by Muharrem Köse.
Name
"Peace at Home Council", "is derived from Ataturk's famous saying 'Peace At Home, Peace In the World'", according to a BBC article by Ezgi Basaran - Turkish journalist and academic visitor at St Antony's College, Oxford University.
Events
The formation of the Council and its takeover from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government was announced live on the state broadcaster TRT after soldiers took over the channel's broadcasting headquarters. The stated aims of the Council are "to reinstate constitutional order, human rights and freedoms, the rule of law and general security that was damaged".
The composition of the council and the extent to which it had control over the country is unknown.
Analysis of the statement of the junta
A BBC article by Ezgi Basaran said that "the statement of the junta, that was forcefully read on the official government TV as the coup got under way, bore a strong resemblance to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's famous address to the Turkish Youth. On the other hand, given that these references are too obvious, they may have been intentionally included to insinuate a Kemalist junta rather than a Gulenist one".

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