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...
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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
We are in strong coordination to ensure that this year’s July 15 Democracy and National Unity Day events are once again carried out in a manner befitting the spirit of July 15. You can access all corporate identity materials (including the logos, visuals, slogans, etc.) created under this year’s theme, “The Name of Victory: Türkiye,” via this link. In this regard, we would like to inform the public not to give any credence to any posts other than the posters and visuals specified below.
A programme titled "July 15 Through the Eyes of Russians" was organised in Moscow, the capital of Russia, as part of the July 15 Democracy and National Unity Day events. At a hotel in Moscow, Ambassador Tanju Bilgiç and a large number of Russian and Turkish citizens attended the event organised in cooperation with Türkiye's Embassy in Moscow, the Directorate of Communications, and the Yunus Emre Institute. The ceremony began with a moment of silence honouring the martyrs, followed by the recitation of the Turkish National Anthem and the Russian Anthem. A video detailing the events of July 15 was also screened. ...
The Directorate of Communications will organise a series of extensive commemorative events both at home and abroad under the theme "The Name of Victory: Türkiye" as part of the July 15 Democracy and National Unity Day. On July 15, the events will emphasise that the name of this epic, forged through the Turkish nation's unwavering stance and resilience, is Türkiye. Additionally, on July 16, a panel titled "July 15: Memory, Justice, and the Future" will be held in Ankara as part of the Directorate of Communications' commemoration events. The panel, which will begin with opening remarks from the Presidency's Head of Communications,...
As part of the July 15 Democracy and National Unity Day events, the first panel in the series titled “The Name of Victory: Türkiye" was organised in Vienna, the capital of Austria. The event, which garnered the interest of many academics, journalists, politicians, and diplomats, focused on the coup attempt by the Fetullah Terrorist Organisation (FETO) on the night of July 15, 2016, which targeted the constitutional order, and the resistance of the Turkish people. The first session of the panel series held in Vienna, which began with an opening speech by Türkiye’s Ambassador to Austria, Dr. Gürsel D...