First, as the Gülenist Terror Organization (FETÖ) members were being suspended from their positions and coup plotters arrested, The Washington Post reported that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said, “If Turkey fails to maintain democratic principles and the superiority of law in its practices after the coup attempt, it could risk its NATO membership." When reaction grew like an avalanche, a denial came from the U.S. Department of State. Then, upon Turkey's increased pressure to extradite FETÖ leader Fethullah Gülen, in its editorial titled “Turkey's new anti-Americanism," The New York Times found in itself the right to warn not only Ankara but the entire Turkish public and said this “poses a serious risk to NATO." It is NATO's job to explain that this does not reflect the truth.