15 июля

HOW IT HAPPENED ?

Saga Of July 15

Citizens and state stood together.

Citizens and state stood together.

TIME : 22:35 LOCATION : Mardin

On the night of July 15, citizens and state stood together and repelled the coup attempt in Mardin. Rebel Commander of Mardin 70th Mechanized Brigade Command Brigadier Salih Kırhan called Governor of Batman Mustafa Yaman and said “I have been appointed as martial law commander; turn over the administration to me!”. But Governor Mustafa Yaman did not bow to the threats. Entrances of barracks were blocked off with the vehicles of the governorship and police department. After people took to the streets upon the call of President Erdoğan, the coup attempt in the city was repelled. Commander of Mardin 70th Mechanized Brigade Command Brigadier Salih Kırhan, Provincial Gendarmerie Commander Colonel Alaaddin Karsavuran, Provincial Gendarmerie Command Chief Intelligence Officer Major Şener Sağlam and Midyat Garrison Command personnel Major Murat Pazarbaşı were arrested and put in prison. Mustafa Mendeş, Deputy Governor of Mardin was also arrested on the grounds that he had connection with FETÖ.