استمرارية قصة نجاح تركيا بعد محاولة الانقلاب

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On 15 July 2016, tanks rolled down the streets of Istanbul to block traffic flowing from Asia to Europe over the Bosphorus Bridge.

The event, which took place during the Friday rush hour, was quite odd.

Having witnessed an uptick in PKK and Daesh violence in recent months, many people reasoned that the authorities had probably been tipped off about an impending terror attack and were taking precautions.

Others argued on social media that an aircraft could have been hijacked by terrorists.

Hardly anyone thought, let alone say out loud, that a coup d’etat was underway.

With troops stationed on the bridge telling by-passers to go home and military jets started flying low over the Turkish capital Ankara, it became clear to everyone that a group of soldiers were attempting to overthrow the democratically elected government.