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By standing up for its independence and future to confront the coup plotters, our august nation asserted to the entire world that the will of the people can never be subjugated.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses people gathered at the Presidential Complex to protest the July 15th failed military coup attempt in Ankara, Turkey on Aug. 10, 2016. (AFP/various sources/Kayhan Ozer)
One of the most brutal coup attempts in Turkey’s political history took place exactly 10 years ago, on July 15, 2016. Orchestrated by a terrorist network that had insidiously infiltrated the institutions of our state, this coup attempt sought to plunge Turkey into years of chaos and subjugate the future of our nation. By standing up for its independence and future to confront the coup plotters, our august nation asserted to the entire world through its heroic resistance that the will of the people can never be subjugated in these lands. Undoubtedly, the Turkish nation's prudence, courage and foresight on the night of July 15 are also unprecedented in the history of world democracy.
This treacherous insurrection by the Fetullahist Terrorist Organisation (FETO) was far more than a conventional coup attempt; it was an all-out act of invasion directed against our country’s independence. The primary targets of the putschists were the emblematic institutions that embody the national will and our nation's independence, namely the Presidential Complex and the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.
