15 июля

HOW IT HAPPENED ?

Saga Of July 15

"Get ready; we are coming to take you"

"Get ready; we are coming to take you"

TIME : 22:25 LOCATION : Hakkari

In the night of 15 July, Hakkari was one of the most important centers where the military mobilization was intensive and putschists were defeated. Former Hakkari Mountain and Commando Brigade Commander Brigadier General Ahmet Otal and Hakkari Provincial Gendarmerie Commander Senior Colonel Demiray Demirci called Yakup Canpolat, governor of Hakkari, and said "Prepare, we are coming to take you". Governor of Hakkari replied as "We are the state, we will resist until to the end, come and surrender.

" Meanwhile, putschists in Hakkari Mountain and Commando Brigade Command began to work to send a large military unit to the city center. Among the patriotic soldiers in the brigade, Command Sergeant Major Mehmet Abacı and his 14 friends hid ignition keys of armored vehicles and arms and ammunition.

In Derecik municipality of Hakkari's Şemdinli district, 500 gunmen guarded the 'battalion' with instruction of the governorship. The putschists were not allowed to leave the battalion. With the call of President Erdoğan, the coup attempt was defeated as people of Hakkari took to the streets.

Hakkarians have held a democracy watch for days. Tens of soldiers were arrested after the coup attempt including Hakkari Mountain and Commando Brigade Commander Brigadier General Ahmet Otal, Hakkari Provincial Gendarmerie Commander Senior Colonel Demiray Demirci, Yüksekova 3rd Infantry Division Commander Major General Halil İbrahim Ergin, Yüksekova 3rd Infantry Division Commander Chief of Staff Colonel Mehmet Sezgin, Hakkari Mountain and Commando Brigade Command Chief of Staff Colonel Emrah Şimsek, Çukurca 2nd Border Brigade Commander Brigadier General Cihat Erdoğan, 14th Mechanized Infantry Brigade Commander Brigadier General Ali Avcı, 9th Commando Brigade Commander Brigadier General Murat Yetkin, Yüksekova 3rd Infantry Division Commander Major General Halil İbrahim Ergin and Şemdinli 34th Border Brigade Commander Brigadier General Ali Salnur.