After The Coup Attempt
It happened a coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016. During the coup attempt, President Erdogan addressed people to go out to the streets and to oppose the coup. With this announcement, people went out the streets and tried to oppose the soldiers who were attempting to the coup. The crowds resisted tank fire and air bombardments and, with the help of loyalist soldiers and police forces, they defeated the coup attempt in a matter of hours. The government swiftly declared victory and scores of troops that had taken part in the coup surrendered on the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul. That night, 241 people were killed and 2,194 others were injured. The Turkish government blamed the failed coup attempt on Fethullah Gulen, a Turkish preacher and businessman who has lived in self-imposed exile in the United States since 1999. After the coup attempt, started watches and meetings for democracy, and the remembrances for the people who died on that day.
The people are waiting in front of The Council of Forensic Medicine(ATK) to take their relatives who died during the coup attempt.
The people gathered to protest the coup attempt on behalf of democracy at CHP(Republican People’s Party) democracy meeting in Taksim Square. After the coup attempt, all party leaders arranged their democracy meetings to protest the coup and to show the so-called power of democracy.
A man and his daughter at CHP(Republican People’s Party) democracy meeting in Taksim Square.
A father and his son are waiting in the park to protect President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s house in Kısıklı, İstanbul. After the coup attempt, the people who support President Erdoğan went to his house to be a volunteer for sentry duty. They stayed in their own tents and attended to the democracy demonstrations in front of his house.
The people are praying during the democracy watch in front of Erdoğan’s house in Kısıklı, İstanbul.
AKP(Justice and Development Party) democracy meeting in Taksim Square.
The democracy watch in front of Erdoğan’s house in Kısıklı, İstanbul.
Men are waiting for their relative who has been brought to the prison as being one of the soldiers who did the coup attempt.
A man holds Erdogan’s poster in front of Erdoğan’s house in Kısıklı, İstanbul.
A police watches a short video which shows the coup night during the democracy watch in front of Erdoğan’s house in Kısıklı, İstanbul.
The people gathered to protest the coup attempt on behalf of democracy at HDP (People’s Democratic Party) democracy meeting.
A man ties the ribbon to the woman during the democracy watch in front of Erdoğan’s house in Kısıklı, İstanbul.
AKP(Justice and Development Party) democracy meeting in Taksim Square.
A woman wears a shroud and she says, “I’ve come here with my shroud ,” during the democracy watch in front of Erdoğan’s house in Kısıklı, İstanbul.
During the democracy watch in front of Erdoğan’s house in Kısıklı, İstanbul.
The names of people who died during the coup attempt are being exhibited in Taksim Square.
