According to the statement made by the Directorate of Communications, media representatives from the USA, England, France, Italy, Spain, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, South Korea, Morocco, Ethiopia, Poland, South Africa, Kazakhstan, Qatar, Nigeria, Montenegro, Uzbekistan, Mozambique, Senegal, Tanzania and TRNC will attend the program.

The program, which will be held on July 15-17, aims for foreign press members to examine the events related to the coup attempt on July 15, 2016, closely observe Türkiye’s struggle for democracy, and obtain comprehensive information about the fight against FETO.

In the Ankara leg of the program, participants will first visit TRT and be informed about what happened in the TRT building during the coup attempt.

Afterwards, the 15 July Democracy Museum located in the Presidential Complex will be visited.

International media representatives will also attend the July 15 Democracy and National Unity Day 10th Anniversary Commemoration Program and follow the commemoration events on-site.

The program will continue with visits to Istanbul. Participants will visit the 15 July Memory Museum after the presentation and information program to be held at the Governorship of Istanbul.

The program aims to contribute to the international public obtaining more comprehensive and direct information about July 15 and to raise international awareness about Türkiye’s struggle for democracy.

AK Party General Secretary Eyyüp Kadir İnan shared a post on his NSosyal account on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the coup attempt carried out by the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) on July 15, 2016.

AK Party Secretary General İnan said, “On the night of July 15, 2016, there were those who waited for the result to choose their side, those who could not stand openly on the side of democracy, those who preferred silence in the face of guns pointed at the will of the nation, those who made calculations by saying ‘Something is happening in Türkiye, let’s wait.’ While they were watching the advance of tanks, the fire opened by planes in our skies, the bombing of our Gazi Parliament, our dear nation had already made its decision. Our nation did not wait that night. It did not hesitate. “He did not calculate the consequences. He took to the streets upon the call of our President, Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and risked his life to protect his homeland, flag, independence and future.” made his assessment.

Reminding that 10 years have passed since the coup attempt, İnan said:

“Those who made calculations about Türkiye’s future that night are waiting for what Türkiye will say on global issues today. Those who watched the developments in Ankara from afar that night are waiting for Ankara’s will today. We showed those who tried to include Türkiye in their own calculations on July 15 that this nation will not be an extra in any scenario. We declared to the whole world that calculations cannot be made through this nation, this nation’s will cannot be directed, and no games can be played with Turkey. Those who are waiting for the outcome while the uprising continues 10 years ago, today “He is waiting for Türkiye’s decisions.”

On the night of July 15, 2016, there were those who were waiting for the result to choose their side, those who could not openly stand on the side of democracy, those who preferred silence in the face of guns pointed at the will of the nation, and those who made calculations by saying “Something is happening in Türkiye, let’s wait.”

They are tanks…

— Eyyüp Kadir İnan (@eyupkadirinan) July 14, 2026

“THE MOST CRITICAL THRESHOLD OF OUR HISTORY”

Sabah Newspaper Ankara Representative Okan Müderrisoğlu also emphasized that some nights are engraved in the memory of nations, and July 15 is one of these nights.

Emphasizing the importance of July 15, Müderrisoğlu said, “Members of different ages and generations of this nation, who prepared for coups in one way or another, remained silent, stood aside, and then did serious soul-searching, on the night of July 15, the leadership of the President and the trust in him, resisted with their lives those who aimed at the country, an invasion attempt, and national unity and integrity, and helped to cross the most critical threshold in our history of democracy, in my opinion, irreversibly.” he said.

Müderrisoğlu drew attention to the importance of the democracy watches held after July 15 in order to protect democracy.

Müderrisoğlu said that FETO and similar structures are “living organisms”.

Noting that FETO is trying to keep itself alive and re-exist, Müderrisoğlu stated that the terrorist organization is trying to find financial resources through companies established by those who escaped abroad or through different solidarity mechanisms and transfer them to its organizers.

“THE EVENTS THAT HAPPENED ON JULY 15 SHOW THAT IT WAS AN ATTACK ON Türkiye”

AÜ Faculty of Political Sciences Lecturer Assoc. Dr. Ozan Zengin also stated that “July 15” was a day of victory that was eliminated by the state administrators and the nation under the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Zengin stated that the coups were an attempt to overthrow those in power, and underlined that in a sense, they were the suspension of the nation’s right to sovereignty by force of arms.

Zengin pointed out that what happened on the night of July 15, 2016 differed from the military interventions that Türkiye had encountered before in some aspects, and stated that this coup attempt was not a classic coup attempt that arose only within the military.

Zengin concluded his words as follows:

“It is an attempt by a parallel structure organized outside the constitutional hierarchy, which has penetrated the state institutions through different methods for many years, to take over the state administration by using armed force. In this respect, July 15 is not only a serious attack on the constitutional order, but also a historical point that reminds us of the importance of merit, transparency, accountability, democratic and legal control in state institutions. What happened on the night of July 15, the bombing of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, the targeting of security institutions and the armed attacks on citizens, indicate that the incident was only a change of government.” It shows that there is no attempt and that it is an attack against the state and the Republic of Türkiye itself.

However, the call made by Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to the public on the same night, the fact that the Turkish Grand National Assembly continued its work, the political parties took a common stance against the coup attempt, the security forces defended the constitutional order, and many citizens took to the streets to defend democracy, showed that democratic legitimacy is embraced by large segments of society, as well as state institutions.”

A simultaneous operation was organized in 81 provinces to capture 968 suspects for whom action was taken in order to expose the secret structure of FETO/PDY and to destroy the connections of the organization. In this context; 5 separate operations were organized by the Ankara Provincial Police Department Anti-Terrorism Branch Directorate under the coordination of the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office.

A BLOW TO THE CURRENT STRUCTURE

In the first of the operations, 47 of the 57 suspects for whom a detention order was issued were taken into custody, considering that they were operating within the current structure of the FETO/PDY armed terrorist organization and continuing their organizational activities.

In the second operation targeting FETO’s public and private marriage structure; Within the scope of the investigation, 33 of the 45 people who were considered to continue their activities within the organization were detained in simultaneous operations.

In the efforts carried out to capture the fugitive suspects for whom an arrest warrant was issued for FETO membership, 9 out of 11 suspects were caught.

In the investigation into the Security Secret Structure of FETO, carried out by the Ankara Provincial Police Department’s Organized Crime Branch Directorate under the coordination of the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office; 70 of the 80 personnel who were found to be actively working at different ranks in the General Directorate of Security, who organized the organization meetings and acted together with the organization manager, gave conversations to groups in the absence of the private imam, and were reported to be “Deputy Police Private”, were detained.

7 of the 12 suspects, 4 of whom were active public officials, who were determined to have used FETO’s organizational communication program ByLock, carried out under the coordination of the Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, were detained. Thus, 166 of the 205 suspects for whom detention orders were issued in 5 operations in Ankara were detained. It was reported that investigations to capture the other suspects are being carried out in a multifaceted and meticulous manner.

DESCRIBED

78 suspects were detained in the operation carried out simultaneously in 13 provinces centered in Istanbul.

It was determined that the organization, which was determined to be trying to recruit new employees by dividing Istanbul into so-called regions and assigning so-called responsible people, held organizational meetings via internet-based applications for the purpose of organizational secrecy, and directed university students to training camps in countries that do not require visas in order to keep them within the organization and recruit new employees.

During the searches carried out at the suspects’ addresses, 1 million 69 thousand 310 TL, 78 thousand 800 American dollars, 6 thousand 330 euros, 130 pounds sterling, 765 grams of gold and many digital materials were seized.

SUPPORT TO THE ORGANIZATION UNDER THE NAME OF Qurban Donation
In addition, secret witness statements about the suspects, who were determined to have collected money under the name of charity and donations, made money transfers and maintained organizational communication in Istanbul, Yalova, Kırklareli and Tekirdağ, digital data, evidence regarding contact with the secret structure of the organization, sending money under the name of sacrifice, scholarship and donation, and consecutive call records from pay phones were also included in the file.

“THE WILL OF OUR NATION…”
In the joint statement shared by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Justice regarding the operation; “While the provinces with the highest number of suspects within the scope of the operation are Ankara, Izmir and Istanbul, studies on the current structures, secret structures and related elements of the organization are carried out meticulously in our other provinces. As the Ministries of Justice and Internal Affairs, under the leadership of our President, we will continue our fight with determination in strong coordination with our Police and Gendarmerie Agencies, Chief Public Prosecutor’s Offices and all relevant institutions. No terrorist organization and no focus of tutelage is against the will of our beloved nation and the survival of our state.” “And we will not allow him to attack our legal system.”

The teacher and poet brother of police officer Hurşit Uzel, who was martyred in the bomb attack on Gölbaşı Special Operations Department, broke hearts with the letter he wrote on the 10th anniversary of his brother’s martyrdom. Hüseyin Uzel, the teacher and poet brother of police officer Hurşit Uzel, who was martyred for the sake of the country in the Gölbaşı Special Operations Department, which was bombed in the treacherous coup attempt of FETO, explained both the indescribable pain his family experienced and the traces left behind by a hero in the letter he wrote for his brother. Stating that his brother’s friends, who were transferred from Batman to Konya, were martyred in a terrorist attack 3 days later, Hüseyin Uzel said in his letter, “You said you missed the martyrdom by three days. No, brother… My Lord was saving you for another day. The fateful night of the country. That night when tanks took to the streets and war planes bombed his own nation. In other words, he was saving it for July 15.”

‘YOU ARE IN THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE’
In the letter, Hüseyin Uzel stated that Hurşit Uzel said, “Don’t cry, mother. Martyrdom is not a position to be sad about. If I were given martyrdom today, I would accept it without hesitation” after his mother cried over the news of a martyr he watched on television. “We were able to contact in the first hours of the night of July 15. However, we did not receive any news afterwards. The phones were unanswered. ‘My beautiful brother, where are you?’ I texted. There was no answer. It came into me. I said, ‘You are in the most beautiful place.’ “Then, with the sad news, we learned that my brother was martyred,” he said.

The National Intelligence Organization (MİT) caught Talip Güler, codenamed “Abdüsselam Türki”, who was operating on behalf of the terrorist organization DAESH and wanted with a yellow notice, and brought him to Türkiye in an operation. As a result of the work carried out by MİT, it was determined that Talip Güler, who was wanted with a yellow notice, crossed into Syria illegally in January 2014. Talip Güler, who was found to be the brother of Kasım Güler, who was caught and brought to Türkiye in 2021 and operates as the so-called “Turkey province responsible” of DAESH and the so-called financial officer of the DAESH/Faruk Office, was found to be carrying out his activities in Syria in contact with the organization’s leaders, especially his brother Kasım Güler. In the statement of Talip Güler, who was followed step by step after Kasım Güler was caught and brought to Türkiye; It was learned that he made a detailed confession regarding his radicalization process in Türkiye, his illegal passage to Syria, his participation in DAESH, and the activities he carried out within DAESH with his older brother Kasım Güler. With these studies carried out by MİT; It has been reported that efforts are being made to prevent the terrorist organization DAESH’s action plans against Türkiye, to reveal the recruitment of DAESH elements, and to capture the action plans.