 [...] 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 Gülenist one".In the aftermath of the coup attempt, several government critics alleged that the creation of the Council had been staged to invoke greater support for the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP), with some sceptics citing the lack of any solid information on the Council's actual composition as evidence that the entire ordeal had been faked by the government.