MHP Chairman Devlet Bahçeli stated the following in his July 15 Democracy and National Unity Day message shared on MHP’s NSosyal account:

“July 15 is one of the last links of the struggle for independence that the Turkish nation has waged throughout history. July 15 is a multi-layered invasion attempt that aims to collapse the Republic of Turkey from within, usurp national sovereignty and chain the will of the Turkish nation. Therefore, reading July 15 correctly is a national obligation not only in terms of understanding the past but also in terms of protecting the future. On July 15 Democracy and National Unity Day, we salute our beloved martyrs. I commemorate them with gratitude and respect. I pray for health, well-being and long lives for our veterans. May God protect our nation from all kinds of discord and our state from all kinds of attacks.

JULY 15 IS ONE OF THE LAST RINGS OF THE INDEPENDENCE STRUGGLE OF THE TURKISH NATION THROUGHOUT HISTORY. pic.twitter.com/BCDRGG7Fpk

— MHP (@MHP_Bilgi) July 14, 2026

The 15 July Democracy and National Unity Day Commemoration Program, organized by Turkuvaz Media Group with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and hosted by the 15 July Democracy Museum Directorate, brought the memory of this great victory to all participants.
Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism, Mr. Gökhan Yazgı, stated that they continue to work to ensure that July 15 is not forgotten and is not forgotten, and said, “July 15 is the date when those with faith prevailed over those with means. It is a movement of the goal and fiction that has been desired to be achieved for centuries. With the permission of God, the 40-year treacherous plan was eliminated. On July 15, truth and falsehood fought. It was said that these lands will never experience September 12 again. Martyrs and veterans.” “A message has been engraved on the squares with their blood. We will not let these events be forgotten,” he said.

WE PROTECTED THE WILL OF THE NATION
Ekrem Kızıltaş, Writer of Takvim Newspaper, underlined that July 15 was a turning point and said, “We are just now seeing what the July 15 movement could have achieved if it had won. We can see that some important names are held in high esteem in other countries. Those who benefit from it in the USA and some European countries are still dreaming that they can deceive the nation of 86 million people. After July 15, the fight against terrorism was stronger. We have reached very good places in terms of protecting the will of our nation.”

ONE FAMILY, TWO MARTYRS
Bilge Gürs, President of the Turkish Martyr Relatives and Veterans Solidarity Foundation, said: “I stand before you as someone who has 2 martyrs and 2 veterans. I martyred both my father and my husband for this country on July 15. 10 years have passed since then. We have never forgotten that day. Think of a group that sells themselves for 1 dollar. The helpless, the humble, the losers. Think of heroes with white foreheads going against them. They became heroes, they became martyrs. “Our martyrs entrusted us with Türkiye, our President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Do not let our martyrs be left behind. Today, Turkey is rising with a leader who gives hope to the oppressed. Our foundation was established to protect the legacy in the best possible way. We have vowed to work to ensure that not a single martyr’s relative is left alone.”
Within the scope of the program, a panel was organized under the moderation of A News Anchor Merve Türkay. Speakers of the panel; Former Deputy Chief of Police Mustafa Çalışkan, who became Istanbul Police Chief on July 15, President Tayyip Erdoğan’s lawyer Hüseyin Aydın, President of the Turkish Martyrs’ Relatives and Veterans Solidarity Foundation Bilge Gürs, and Deputy Chairman of the July 15 Democracy Martyrs, Veterans and Victims of Terror Association İmbat Muğlu.

At the event, the exhibition ‘Prayer Shirt of Sultans’ prepared by Ayşe Vanlıoğlu met with the participants.

WE EXPORTED 40 THOUSAND POLICE POLICE
Former Deputy Chief of Police, Mustafa Çalışkan, drawing attention to the size of the FETO Terrorist Organization, said, “We are talking about a community like cancer. We liquidated 40 thousand police officers. This organization is not an ordinary organization. It is not an organization organized by 3-5 people. It is a consortium. If there is a shooting in the training given to us, you bow down. However, that day, we marched with our faith in our soldiers. They turned my 30-40 years of faith upside down. In the training given to us, women, children, “You cannot shoot at the elderly or civilians,” he said. Çalışkan stated that the struggle after July 15 affected the future and said, “From now on, those who want to stage a coup have to make calculations. The Turkish nation is no longer a nation that will hide when the G3 sees it. It fought in the press as much as our police officers who took weapons and fought in the field on July 15. Making a coup from now on is not a simple task.”

In the program, the heroes who drank the sherbet of martyrdom for the country were commemorated with prayers.

AYDIN: “FIRST TRIAL 17-25 DECEMBER”
President Erdoğan’s lawyer Hüseyin Aydın, in his speech at the panel, stated that the organization took steps in the judiciary before July 15 and said, “The confrontation with the judiciary was the MİT President operation and MİT trucks. They reached a large number in the judiciary, as in other state institutions. All titled positions in the judiciary were under the control of the organization in 2012. The first trial was December 17-25. Here, it was relied upon with the determination of our President. Since no results were obtained from there, approximately “5 months later, they put a significant burden on the HSYK elections. The bloc against them won by a small margin. Thus, their dynamic in 2016 was to prevent their own liquidation.” Drawing attention to the history of the organization, Aydin said, “They took over the state’s sensors in the 90s.”

TURKUVAZ MEDYA FULL SQUAD
Turkuvaz Media Executive Board Member, Printed Media Advertising General Manager Ceyda Uzman, Turkuvaz Media Executive Board Member, Turkuvaz Magazine General Manager Yasemin Gebeş, Turkuvaz Media Digital Media Sales General Manager Aslıhan Albayrak, Sabah Newspaper Ankara Representative Okan Müderrisoğlu, Takvim Newspaper Writer Ekrem Kızıltaş, Turkuvaz Media Magazines Publishing Director Mustafa Akar, Turkuvaz Media Daily Sabah Editor-in-Chief Batuhan Takış, Turkuvaz Media Administrative Affairs Director Necati İsmail Öztan, Turkuvaz Media Advertisement Written Media Sales Group Manager Ayşe Altun, Turkuvaz Media Advertisement Written Media Sales Group Manager Ceyda Yamanok Aygün, Turkuvaz Media Magazines Sales Group Coordinator Aynur Gükcan, Turkuvaz Media Written Media Advertisement Deputy General Manager İsmail Arıcı, Turkuvaz Media Visual Media Sales Deputy General Manager Ahmet Yılmaz were present in the hall during the program.

MANY INSTITUTIONS CONTRIBUTED
15 July Democracy and National Unity Day Commemoration Program is hosted by the 15 July Democracy Museum Directorate, with the support of the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism; Main Sponsor: Borsa Istanbul, Halkbank, Northern Marmara Highway, MNG Group of Companies, Tera, Turkish Airlines, Turkish Gold, Vakıfbank, Ziraat Bank
Co Sponsor: Kuzu Group, Vakıf Katılım
Support Sponsor: Ankara Chamber of Industry, Fırat Life Style – Natura World, Sincan Municipality, TAI.

AK Party Deputy Chairman Hayati Yazıcı, who made the opening speech of the symposium titled “July 15 in its 10th Year with Its Political and Legal Aspects”, said, “The mechanisms and practices put forward by the coup mentality must be put to an end as well as the repelling and failure of the coups. In this context, the issue of a new and civilian constitution is a historical duty of loyalty that must be fulfilled to our beloved nation who laid down their lives on the night of July 15.”

IMPACT WARNING
İsmail Kahraman, who served as the Speaker of the Parliament on the night of the treacherous coup, said, “We opened the Parliament that night with a feeling of martyrdom. July 15 is an invasion of Türkiye. This incident is not a FETO incident. FETO is a puppet. In the scenario, the directorship belongs to the outside. Today, we see movements again. They intervene when Türkiye is developing, they do not want us to develop.” Binali Yıldırım, the then Prime Minister, said, “I called the President that night, we talked and made our plans. We made a covenant with our President. We said there is only death, no return.”

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan went to Qatar for a condolence visit on the death of former Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. President Erdoğan, who was welcomed by Qatar Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defense Affairs Sheikh Saud bin Abdurrahman bin Hasan Al Thani at Hamad International Airport, proceeded to Lusail Palace. Here, President Erdoğan offered his condolences to Qatar Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. His wife Emine Erdoğan, who accompanied Erdoğan during the visit, also expressed her condolences to Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, wife of the former Emir of Qatar Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, who passed away. President Erdoğan’s delegation also included Minister of Treasury and Finance Mehmet Şimşek, MİT President İbrahim Kalın, Presidential Communications Director Burhanettin Duran, President of Religious Affairs Safi Arpaguş and Türkiye’s Ambassador to Doha Mustafa Göksu. Former Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani had been receiving treatment for a long time. 74-year-old Al Thani died on July 12, and 4 days of mourning were declared in the country.

PAKISTAN RECEIVED THE COMMANDER OF DEFENSE FORCES
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received the Commander of Pakistan Defense Forces and Commander of the Land Forces, Marshal Syed Asim Munir. The reception took place at Ankara Airport before President Erdoğan’s visit to this country due to the death of former Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz, Chief of General Staff General Selçuk Bayraktaroğlu and MİT President İbrahim Kalın were also present at the reception.

‘Get well soon’ call to TRNC PRESIDENT
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke on the phone with Tufan Erhürman, President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). It was stated that during the meeting, Erdoğan expressed his wishes to get well soon to Erhürman, who fell ill a while ago, was treated and discharged.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sent a written message to the symposium titled “July 15 in its 10th Anniversary with its Political and Legal Aspects” organized by the AK Party Political and Legal Affairs Directorate. In his message, President Erdoğan stated that the insidious structure of FETO, with all its elements, was revealed on the night of July 15 and said:
A BRAND NEW PAGE: I remember with mercy each of our 253 martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the independence of our state and the future of our nation on the night of July 15. The real intention of the treason network, which exploited the sincere feelings of our nation for 40 years by saying “service”, “charity” and “education”, was revealed on the night of July 15. However, the successful repelling of the coup attempt with the resistance of our beloved nation has opened a brand new page for Türkiye. Türkiye has both gotten rid of an insidious terrorist organization that infiltrated the capillaries of the state and taken steps to secure its democracy.
RESISTANCE INCREASED WITH THE NEW SYSTEM: Undoubtedly, the most important of these is our new management system. With the Presidential Government System, our nation’s nearly two-century-long search for a governance model has found its answer. Thanks to the new system that eliminates double-headedness, accelerates decision-making processes and increases the effectiveness of the state, Türkiye’s resistance to shocks has increased, its political stability has been institutionalized, and its crisis management capacity has been strengthened as never before.
WE WILL WORK WITH OUR POWER: The advantages that the new system provides to our country have been seen in every field, from the Russia-Ukraine war to the coronavirus epidemic, from healing the wounds of the February 6 earthquakes to the latest Iran-centered crisis. As a state and nation, we are determined to preserve these historical gains and bring Türkiye to the levels it deserves. We will never step back in the fight against FETO, and we will continue our fight within the law against this treason network that subcontracts the enemies of Türkiye. We will work with all our strength to prevent new July 15s from happening.

ALL WERE REFERRED TO THE CRIMINAL JUDGE OF PEACE WITH A REQUEST FOR ARREST

After completing their statements at the prosecutor’s office, all 30 of the suspects were referred to the Criminal Judgeship of Peace on duty with a request for arrest.

24 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED INCLUDING MAYOR GÜNER

The proceedings of the suspects, including Çankaya Mayor Güner, who were referred to the criminal judgeship of peace with a request for arrest, have been completed.

While 24 suspects, including Güner, were arrested, 6 suspects were released with an international travel ban and judicial control.

Here are the names of those arrested:

1-Hüseyin Can GÜNER
2-Tunç Emre TAŞÇIOĞLU
3-Yavuz İRS
4-Adnan ŞEN
5-Ertan DOĞAN
6- Seyfullah YÜZYIL
7-Şenol BULUT
8-Hasan ALAS
9-Mehmet ALAS
10-Mesut AKINCI
11-Ahmet AĞIRMAN
12-Alaattin GÜZEL
13-Remzi BAKA
14-Emre DOĞAN
15-Mustafa Samet DADANDI
16-Mehmet YILDIRIM
17-Bora ÖZEL
18-Ali YALÇIN
19-E’s KAPLAN
20-Levent YENAL
21-Kurtku grew up
22-Erol BULUT
23-Hakan CEMALOĞLU
24-Songül ULUSAL