Turkish Delight in Post-Failed Coup Unity

On the night of July 15, a clandestine faction within Turkish forces, which actually belong to the Fetullah Gulen Terrorist Organisation (FETO), attempted to stage a coup in Turkey. Thanks to the leadership of President Erdogan and the bravery of the people, this terrorist coup attempt, which targeted Turkish democracy and constitutional order, was thwarted. The Turkish nation as a whole refused to surrender to this heinous terrorist attempt. Many testimonies by captured plotters and abundant evidence made it undeniably clear that the culprit was FETO.

FETO, a secretive terrorist organisation that does not hesitate to use arms and violence, has tried to keep themselves under legal cover for many years. However, after July 15, the whole world has seen the real face of FETO and what this organisation is capable of doing in the countries it resides. Turkey, as a country that experienced the catastrophe caused by FETO, highlighted that it is ready to assist all friendly countries in avoiding the security threat which this organisation poses.

The foiling of the coup attempt by the Turkish people from all walks of life has been a milestone in Turkey’s democracy history. This democratic resolve of the citizens of Turkey should be viewed as a guarantee by itself that the people will never bow to those who try to change a democratically elected government by force and bombards Parliament. As a matter of fact, the plotters, by bombarding Parliament, displayed they had no intention to use it. Turkey is now united in a spirit that has not been witnessed since the foundation of the Republic. The nation as a whole has shown that democracy is non-negotiable and no one should ever dare to plan a similar attempt targeting constitutional order.

That is why, starting from the failed coup night, Turkish people gathered on the streets every day to cheer for their victory against the plotters and keep guard of their democracy. These gatherings reached a crowd of five million at a historic meeting at the Yenikapi rally, on August 7, in Istanbul, in which a further five million people from other cities of Turkey joined Istanbul via big screens. This was another historic and unprecedented milestone for Turkish democracy. This was the picture of the unity of Turkish people from all backgrounds and political views. Their message was “we defeated FETO, which targeted the Turkish nation and we’re here, united as one, against any enemy targeting our democracy and constitutional order”.

In the week following the coup attempt, Turkish people acted once again to safeguard their country, selling 11 billion dollars’ worth of foreign currency to buy Turkish Lira and strengthened our economy very sharply.

Although there were initial hasty reactions from some western media – ignoring the grief of our nation for 241 lives lost and 2,200 injured people and rather focusing on the rights of plotters – now it seems that the message the Turkish people gave is well taken by the entire international community. High level visits from many friendly countries highlighted their support for Turkish Government and people. They were followed by the visit of US Vice President Biden. And now a number of high level visits from European countries continue to take place.

Currently, Turkey is combatting multiple terrorist organisations simultaneously. FETO couldn’t achieve bringing turmoil to Turkey and hit the wall of the nation’s resolve. Now, other terrorist groups are trying their chances, but to no avail. The government is now working to unfold the links between FETO and other terrorist groups, such as the PKK. Turkey, with all its institutions and security forces are now even more committed to clearing all the terrorist groups.

After a dark night on July 15, Turkey is now as united as ever domestically and enjoys the solidarity of as many friends from all around the world.

Let’s remember, the plotters started to stage their act on July 15 by blocking the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul. The Turkish Government, instead, continues opening new bridges. The Third Bosphorus Bridge was opened on August 26, “Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge”, with a width of 59 metres and 322 metres in height, running for a total of 2,164 metres from end to end, stretching 1,408 metres over the Bosphorus, which makes it the longest suspension bridge in the world with a rail system.


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