15 июля

HOW IT HAPPENED ?

Saga Of July 15

"We don’t stand with coup."

"We don’t stand with coup."

TIME : 22:30 LOCATION : Erzincan

In the night of 15 July, state and nation stood shoulder to shoulder and prevented the possible coup together. People of Erzincan who heard the coup attempt were gathered in Cumhuriyet Square.

People of Erzincan who came to streets with call of President Erdoğan kept democracy watch. Entrance of barracks was closed with vehicles belonging to municipality and special provincial administration. Erzincan Governor Ali Arslantaş called Provincial Gendarmerie Commander Colonel Murat Orhan Tonğ, but the putschist colonel did not answer the phone.

In the very early minutes of the coup attempt, former 3rd Army Commander Full General Serdar Savaş called Erzincan Mayor Cemalettin Başsoy and said him "We are not in favor of the coup". 3rd Army Commander Full General Serdar Savaş acted after the hearings of the military movement in command.

One of the first detainees was in Erzincan. Former 3rd Army Operations Chief of Staff Brigadier General Ekrem Çağlar was arrested. It is understood that the putschist Brigadier General Ekrem Çağlar was Erzurum Commander on the so-called martial law list. Erzincan Provincial Gendarmerie Commander Colonel Murat Orhan Tonğ and former Colonel Oğuz Çobanbeyli who was charged in Erzurum 109th Artillery Regiment Command as a courier for the orders of the putschist was also arrested.