July 15 Coup Attempt 5.8 Operations and the putschists' last attempts
5.8 Operations and the final attempt by coup plotters
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5.8 Operations and the final attempt by coup plotters

A number 2 tanker aircraft returned to the İncirlik Air Base. Previously, it had taken off from the İncirlik Airbase which was under the control of putschist soldiers and flew over Ankara to refuel fighter jets that joined the coup attempt.

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The flight record of an F-16 aircraft using the call sign “Kobra67” that were entrusted with the task of tracking down President Erdoğan’s aircraft were revealed. It was determined that this F-16 took off at 11:55 p.m. from Balıkesir, flew over Istanbul and landed back in Balıkesir on 1:05 a.m. The F-16 had two radars and heat seeking missiles.
According to flight records, there was heavy war craft air traffic over Ankara’s skies on the night of the coup attempt.
Flight records also point to similar heavy traffic over İncirlik Air Base. It was detected that squirts taking off from İncirlik delivered fuel to putschist aircraft.
Flight records also show similar heavy traffic over İncirlik Air Base. It was detected that squirts taking off from İncirlik delivered fuel to aircraft used in the coup attempt. Fuel transfers were also indicated in the flight records.
Special Operations Command aircraft, which took off from Diyarbakır and landed in Ankara, according to flight records, was carrying the FETÖ Brig. Gen. Semih Terzi, who was shot and killed by Sergeant Ömer Halisdemir, who also lost his life during the coup attempt.
According to flight records, there was heavy air traffic in the skies above Istanbul and Ankara.
It was determined that many helicopters flew over and around İmralı Island. Heavy helicopter air traffic were detected over İmralı Island at different times.
It was found that the helicopters were densely crowded around İmralı Island. The air traffic of different helicopters was reflected on the records at different times on İmralı Island.
It was found that the helicopters were densely crowded around İmralı Island. The air traffic of different helicopters was reflected on the records at different times on İmralı Island.
It was found that the helicopters were densely crowded around İmralı Island. The air traffic of different helicopters was reflected on the records at different times on İmralı Island.
Helicopters also frequently flew over and around the province of Muğla.
Flight records also show similar heavy traffic over İncirlik Air Base. It was detected that squirts taking off from İncirlik delivered fuel to aircraft used in the coup attempt. Fuel transfers were also indicated in the flight records.
Helicopters also flew over and around the province of Ankara.
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DETAIL The coup plotters could not achieve their goals.
5.8 Operations and the final attempt by coup plotters

The Special Operations Police initiated an operation against the putschist soldiers who had seized the Borsa Istanbul Stock Exchange and detained them.

In the same hours, armored troops from the 54th Mechanized Infantry Brigade went out for the third time in order to support the coup plotters in Edirne. The troops returned without reaching the city center due to the obstacles posed by people and the police.

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Borsa Istanbul cleared of putschists
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Borsa Istanbul cleared of putschists

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One of the places that was occupied during the coup attempt was the Borsa Istanbul stock exchange. The putschists who occupied Borsa Istanbul wanted to stop the flow of the market, but were unsuccessful. Police teams organized an operation targeting the building. The putschists were arrested and the building was cleared in the operations.
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People blocked the path of tanks in Edirne
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People blocked the path of tanks in Edirne

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People prevented the armored troops from leaving the 54th Mechanized Infantry Brigade and reaching the Edirne’s city center. People blocked the roads by parking heavy equipment and private cars back to back. The tanks that left the base returned without reaching their destinations.
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He is my child but Turkey’s martyr
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He is my child but Turkey’s martyr

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Nuriye Uzun, the wife of Mehmet Şevket Uzun, a police officer who was martyred in front of the Istanbul Stock Exchange building during the July 15 coup attempt carried out by FETÖ, said , “Şevket never feared death. He always longed to be honored with martyrdom.”
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If the motherland is at stake, the rest are just details
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If the motherland is at stake, the rest are just details

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Halil Gram, who was one of the first people to get shot in front of Borsa Istanbul (Istanbul Stock Exchange) during the July 15 coup attempt of FETÖ said, “My son is a soldier and I’m being shot by one. How sad is this?”
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‘I wont allow the flag stained in my son’s blood to be washed’
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‘I wont allow the flag stained in my son’s blood to be washed’

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Turan Satır, the father of Fatih Satır who was martyred in front of Borsa Istanbul as a result of the fire opened by traitors during the July 15 coup attempt that was perpetrated by FETÖ, said, “Not I, nor the Turkish nation will be destroyed. Islam will not be destroyed.”
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If Turkey stands up, the Islamic world will stand up
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If Turkey stands up, the Islamic world will stand up

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Civil Engineer Ali Usta, who was wounded with his wife by gunfire from the traitors in front of Borsa Istanbul during the July 15 FETÖ coup attempt, said: After this hour, blood may flow, we may die but they will never be successful.
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May both my leg and my life be sacrificed for the nation
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May both my leg and my life be sacrificed for the nation

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Bayram Sağlam, who was wounded by gunfire from the traitors in front of the Istanbul Stock Exchange during the July 15 FETÖ coup attempt, said: Even though they attempted a coup, the soldiers are our soldiers, and we thought they wouldn’t shoot at us. We couldn’t have known that they were terrorists in military uniforms. Let my foot heal and we’ll go out to the streets again. May my other foot be sacrificed if it means nothing bad happens to the nation.
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Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım announced via his official Twitter account that a general who had been involved in the coup attempt was killed and that a total of 130 soldiers, including colonels, were arrested.

As a result of the suppression of the coup attempt, one major, one captain and 15 soldiers surrendered at the TRT Istanbul Radio in Harbiye at 05.45 a.m.

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NOTE:FETÖ-linked civilians escaped from TRT

  • FETÖ-linked Supercom owner and Sürat Teknoloji General Manager Harun Şahin, Supercom CEO Seyfullah Genç and Sürat Teknoloji IT Specialist Niyazi Akalın who raided the TRT building in Ulus to cut the channel’s broadcast escaped by jumping over wire fences behind the TRT building at 05.53 a.m. 

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The moment the putschists surrendered in the TRT Istanbul Radio studio
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The moment the putschists surrendered in the TRT Istanbul Radio studio

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The coup attempt was repelled to a large extent on the morning of July 16. PM Binali Yıldırım stated that one general was killed and 130 soldiers, including colonels, surrendered. The putschists who occupied the TRT Istanbul Radio also surrendered after these developments. Among those who surrendered were one major, one captain and 15 privates.
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IT specialists who aided the putschists
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IT specialists who aided the putschists

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Putschists set up an IT specialist team in order to cut the TRT and Digitürk broadcasts. The team of senior executives from information companies acted together with the putschists. Supercom's owner and general manager of Surat Technology, Harun Şahin, Supercom CEO Seyfullah Genç and Surat Technology information specialist Niyazi Akalın escaped from the back of the TRT building in the morning hours.
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MUST SEE Putschist soldiers who failed to break the public resistance were blinded by anger.
5.8 Operations and the final attempt by coup plotters

Putschist soldiers who closed the Istanbul Bosporus Bridge in one direction attacked civilians who resisted them. They controlled the Bosporus Bridge and shot artillery at people and the police from the tanks. A water canon vehicle hit by artilleries caught on fire. Three people who were injured in the incident were brought to nearby hospitals by private vehicles.

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Putschists shelled civilians on the Bosphorus Bridge
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Putschists shelled civilians on the Bosphorus Bridge

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Clashes continued until the morning on the Bosphorus Bridge, which was one of the first places that was occupied by putschists during the night of the July 15 coup attempt. The putschists who blocked the Bosphorus Bridge with tanks martyred many people. Toward the morning they fired shells at the crowd.
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‘The scene we saw was really heartbreaking’
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‘The scene we saw was really heartbreaking’

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Fatih Koca, who was on the Martyrs Bridge during the July 15 coup attempt perpetrated by FETÖ, said he had thought that his brother Enes would not come back alive, but their mother had said, "Don't you dare come back without becoming martyrs. Do everything you can for Islamic unity."
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An old, white-bearded man encouraged us
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An old, white-bearded man encouraged us

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Murat Dursun, who was wounded when the traitors opened fire on the Bosphorus Bridge during FETÖ’s July 15 coup attempt, said: “They turned the guns and tanks, which are owned by the Turkish people, on those people.”
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We are all Nene Hatun
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We are all Nene Hatun

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Ayla Kasarcı, whose husband Yasin Kasarcı was shot and wounded by the traitors during the July 15 FETÖ coup attempt, said: “The lesson I learnt from what I experienced is that if it were to happen again, I must go out to the streets again.”
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We fought an Independence War and thank God we won
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We fought an Independence War and thank God we won

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Yusuf Çiftçi, a student who was wounded by gunfire from the traitors on the Martyrs Bridge during the July 15 FETÖ coup attempt, said: This nation put forward its life and fought an Independence war again. Thank God we won.
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I saw tanks blow people into the sky
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I saw tanks blow people into the sky

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Hasan Zan, who was wounded by gunfire from the traitors on the Bosporus Bridge during the July 15 FETÖ coup attempt, said: If that night were to happen again, I would go again.
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Civilians stopped a bus full of soldiers right before entering the bridge.
A group of soldiers blocking passage to the European side since the early hours of the evening opened fire on unarmed citizens who were marching to the bridges to resist to the coup attempt.
People flocked to the bridges being occupied by soldiers on President Erdoğan’s call.
13 Both bridges were opened to traffic after police removed the tanks on the Fatih Sultan Mehmet and Bosporus Bridges.
While FETÖ’s coup soldiers continued firing at the crowd, a tank and armored vehicles came on the bridge from the Beylerbeyi entrance on the wrong side of traffic.
Units that hit the road on the instructions of the coup generals were carrying ammunition, including 10 tank shells, 2,000 MG3 bullet series, three boxes of ammunition for ZMAs and 5,000 bullets for armored personnel carriers.
Soldiers controlling Bosporus Bridge during the coup attempt shot shells toward civilians and police.
12 All soldiers who occupied the Bosporus Bridge during the July 15 coup attempt surrendered. The bridge was renamed the July 15 Martyrs Bridge with a Cabinet decree on July 25.
Six civilians, Erol Olçak and his 16-year-old son Abdullah Tayyip Olçok, were martyred in the first round of gunfire.
11 An anti-riot water cannon vehicle was shot and burst into flames.
3 Two tanks and armored personnel carriers proceeded to seize the bridges. Four tanks, two armored personnel carriers and two armored combat vehicles were directed to Sabiha Gökçen Airport; four armored personnel carriers to the 1st Army Commandership; four armored personnel carriers to Acıbadem Telekom; and eight tanks, two armored personnel carriers and two armored combat vehicles to the Üsküdar riot police base.
FETÖ coup soldiers closed traffic from the Anatolian to European Side of Istanbul on the Bosporus and Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridges.
Civilians who were shot and injured were taken to hospitals in taxis, ambulances and sometimes motorcycles.

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After a great struggle, the coup plotters, who were shot on the spot and taken into custody, took action to start the second wave. The coup soldiers continued their air attacks until the first light of the morning.

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