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Announcements & Activities
A panel titled "July 15 Through the Eyes of Witnesses: A Night to Remember" was organised by the Directorate of Communications. The final panel, "July 15 Through the Eyes of Witnesses: A Night to Remember," was moderated by Hüseyin Arslan, Research Assistant from the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Kırşehir Ahi Evran University. During the panel, July 15 veterans Safiye Başpınar Bayat, Üzeyir Civan, and witness Taha Koyuncu shared their experiences that night. July 15 Veteran Safiye Başpınar Bayat said, "July 15 is a symbol of a struggle, a stance and a defence. As a...
Our Directorate organised a panel titled "The Legal Process of July 15th". In the panel moderated by Cem Duran Uzun, Lecturer at Ankara Medipol University Faculty of Law, July 15th Association Chairman of the Board İsmail Hakkı Turunç, Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University International Relations Department Faculty Member Assoc. Prof Şuay Nilhan Açıkalın and July 15 Coup Trials Platform Chair Avukat Mehmet Alagöz participated as speakers. In his recollection of the events that transpired on the night of July 15th, İsmail Hakkı Turunç stated, "They harboured aspirations to conclude these treasons in the country and fragment the country...
The Directorate of Communications organised a panel titled "Democracy Watch: Türkiye After July 15." The panel, which was moderated by TRT Haber Anchor Oya Eren, included Prof. Murat Yeşiltaş of Ankara Social Sciences University's Department of International Relations, Prof. Atilla Yayla of İstanbul Medipol University's Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Prof. Özden Zeynep Oktav of İstanbul Medeniyet University, and journalist Halime Kökce. Prof. Yeşiltaş stated that Türkiye emerged as a country capable of rebuilding its security depth after July 15. Stating that the change in the national security strategy was shaped by the steps taken...
A panel titled "The Name of Victory: Türkiye" was organised by the Presidency's Directorate of Communications in Tirana, the capital of Albania. Moderated by AA Board Member Prof. Yusuf Özkır, the panel featured Recep Şehitoğlu, Faculty Member at Gaziantep University's Department of Political Science and Public Administration; Prof. Ardian Muhaj from the Institute of History at the Academy of Sciences of Albania; analyst Marlind Laçi; and Vehap Kola, Faculty Member at the University of New York Tirana (UNYT) affiliated with the Turkish Maarif Foundation (TMV). At the opening of the panel, Naime Öztürk Meral, Counsellor...
A panel titled "Upholding Democracy: The Power of Civil Resistance" was held by the Directorate of Communications. The panel, moderated by Assoc. Prof. İsmail Çağlar, R&D and Project Coordinator of the Presidency's Directorate of Communications, featured speakers including AK Party Şanlıurfa Deputy Bekir Bozdağ, SETA General Coordinator Nebi Miş, the Chairman of the Presidency's State Supervisory Council, Salih Tanrıkulu, and journalist Hande Fırat. Bozdağ stated that considering July 15 from a single perspective would always be incomplete, as it can encompass hundreds of different dimensions. Stating that Türkiye is a country with a history...
The Directorate of Communications will organise the "July 15: Memory, Justice, and the Future" Panel. The panel will take place on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, at the Conference Hall of the Presidency's Directorate of Communications. Click here to register.
The International Media Coordination Office of the Directorate of Communications is organising a comprehensive media programme in Ankara and İstanbul from July 14 to 18, on the occasion of July 15 Democracy and National Unity Day. A total of 200 journalists are participating in the programme, including 81 journalists from Türkiye's 81 provinces and 119 foreign press members invited from 41 countries. The program emphasises Türkiye's collective will against the coup attempt and commemorates the memory of the martyrs. The programme aims at conveying all aspects of the fight against FETO before and after July 15 to international media representatives, illustrating not only an attempted coup...
The treacherous coup attempt of July 15, which was suppressed thanks to the strong leadership of our President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the determination of our noble nation, is one of the watershed moments in our political history. To counter disinformation regarding July 15, documentaries based on true testimonies serve as valuable resources to better understand the critical moments of the coup attempt and the heroic resistance of our nation. You can watch the selected documentaries below by scanning the QR codes in the visuals. Presidency’s Directorate of Communications Centre for Combating Disinformation