July 15, 2016, saw the Turkish people stand up and defy a military coup attempt. TRT World journalist, Arabella Munro, shares her thoughts on the resilience of the Turkish people.
On July 15, Turks didn't just watch a coup attempt unfolding before their eyes. They came out in force to defeat it. Here's how thousands of people mobilised in the streets through social media.
Turkish police launched dawn raids on 70 addresses, targeting suspects who were removed from their posts at the Istanbul stock exchange in the wake of the attempted putsch on July 15, 2016.
Mali was once the seat of a commercial and intellectual empire that controlled most of West Africa. But since 2012, a crisis in Mali has been brewing that features rebel forces, the French, Al Qaeda and the United Nations.
In the wake of the defeated July 15 coup the PKK has stepped up its terror attacks in eastern Turkey, with President Erdoğan describing the group's actions as 'retaliation' for weeks of democracy rallies against the coup attempt.
Police captured the two fugitives who were planning an escape to Egypt.
It's been one month since a faction of the military tried to overthrow the Turkish government in a failed and bloody coup attempt. TRT World looks back at some of the most important developments during this time.
A NATO spokesperson says "Turkey takes full part in the Alliance's consensus-based decisions as we confront the biggest security challenges in a generation."
The first meeting between the two leaders focused on fixing economic relations between the two countries which had reached a historical peak before the Russian jet crisis last November.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited the hospital and extended his condolences to the family of Oğuzhan Yaşar.
Rear Admiral Mustafa Zeki Uğurlu and Commodores Ayhan Bay and İrfan ArabacI are among the fugitives still on the run.
Turkish Defence Minister Fikri Işık says 311 soldiers including 9 generals who played a role in the failed coup on July 15, are still at large.
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