How Turkey's 2016 Coup Attempt Changed the Country For Good
The coup’s aftermath brought mass arrests, dismissals and prosecutions, with authorities saying more than 720,000 people were investigated over the past decade.
- On Wednesday, July 15, 2026, Turkey marked the 10th anniversary of the failed military coup attempt that aimed to overthrow Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government a decade earlier.
- Factional military forces used helicopters and tanks during the July 15, 2016, attempt, killing 287 people; authorities blamed the Fetullahist Terrorist Organization, or FETO, for organizing the violence.
- Following the failed takeover, the government issued 32 emergency decrees removing more than 130,000 public employees from service, while approximately 630,000 individuals were detained during investigations into the Gulen movement.
- Turkish ministries recently launched a fresh operation targeting 968 suspects across 81 provinces, continuing mass investigations as the European Court of Human Rights criticized collective punishments in 111 applications.
- Experts suggest integrating the KHK issue into a transitional justice framework, as Turkey's 2024 Terror-Free Turkey initiative presents pathways for institutional reform and addressing systemic human rights violations.
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The night of July 15, 2016 was presented as any other Friday night. The vehicles filled the bridges over the Bosphorus Strait — back home after a long day of work, heading to the clubs and bars in central Istanbul or to flee from the hot Turkish metropolis on a summer weekend — when two trucks loaded with soldiers ordered to stop the traffic. No one explained why (an anti-terrorist raid?A military maneuver?). But the image gathered all the ghost…
How Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan expanded his power after the attempted overthrow ten years ago and how Turkey changed it – told by contemporary witnesses
Who was behind the 2016 coup attempt in Turkey - and what did the government know? Even ten years later, much is unclear. President Erdoğan has been expanding his power apparatus ever since. By Benjamin Weber.
In Islamist circles, a greater power is also pointed to. America is said to be the mastermind behind the coup.
Ten years ago, parts of the Turkish military couped against President Erdoğan – the uprising failed, and the consequences continue to shape Turkey today.
(Istanbul=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Dong-ho = On the 15th (local time), marking the 10th anniversary of Turkey thwarting a military coup, commemorative events were held across the country...
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