As Türkiye marked the anniversary of the failed July 15 coup attempt on Tuesday, Turkuvaz Media Group, the parent company of Daily Sabah, organized a commemorative program in Ankara to honor those killed while resisting the putsch.
Held at the July 15 Democracy Museum with the support of the Culture and Tourism Ministry, the event remembered the public resistance through speeches, a panel discussion, documentary screenings, musical performances and an exhibition.
Turkuvaz Media Group, one of the country's largest media organizations, published a series of exclusive reports before, during and after the coup attempt and has organized annual commemorations to remember the victims of the attack.
The media group was among the targets of the Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ), which orchestrated the coup attempt, because of its reporting exposing the organization's activities and its infiltration of state institutions and parts of the private sector.
The program opened with a minute of silence in honor of those who lost their lives during the July 15, 2016, coup attempt and veterans who have since died, followed by the Turkish national anthem. Takvim newspaper columnist Ekrem Kızıltaş delivered the welcome remarks before opening speeches by Deputy Culture and Tourism Minister Gökhan Yazgı, Bilge Gürs, chairperson of the Foundation for the Solidarity of Martyrs' Families and Veterans of Türkiye, and Ruhi Ersoy, chief adviser to the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) chair.
