15 июля

HOW IT HAPPENED ?

Saga Of July 15

Policemen were deployed at critical points.

Policemen were deployed at critical points.

TIME : 23:20 LOCATION : Gaziantep

On the night of July 15, Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek, Major of Gaziantep Municipality Fatma Şahin, Governor of Gaziantep Ali Yerlikaya were attending a wedding in Gaziantep. An urgent meeting was held as soon as the news about the coup attempt circulated. Special police forces were deployed at critical points. Entrances of 5th Armoured Brigade Command and Gaziantep Provincial Gendarmerie Command in the city were blocked off with construction vehicles and trucks of the municipality. Military activities in 5th Armoured Brigade Command and 106th Artillery Regiment Command in İslahiye District were suppressed in a short time. People of Gaziantep took to the streets upon the call of President Erdoğan “resist against the coup attempt” and marched in support of democracy and kept democracy watch until the early hours of the morning. Tens of soldiers including Commander of 5th Armoured Brigade Command Brigadier Murat Soysal, Commander of 106th Artillery Regiment Command Senior Colonel Turgut Çelebi and Gaziantep Provincial Gendarmerie Commander Colonel Ömer Ersever were arrested.