Recep Tayyip Erdogan at an event marking the eighth anniversary of the 2016 military coup attempt said: “we remember with great pride the epic struggle of our nation that stood with its bare hands against tanks and weapons that spewed death.” The Turkish president, accompanied by his wife Emine, attended the memorial ceremony held at the monument to the fallen, at the Asian exit of the first Bosphorus bridge, where 34 civilians who resisted the military units that had been deployed died on the night of the coup at the bridge. At the ceremony, Tayyip Erdogan himself read verses from the Koran in memory of the dead. In his speech to the gathered crowd, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said among other things: “We saw the insidious and brutal face of the coup plotters in the murders they committed here. We did not forget and do not forget any of these scenes that have been etched in our memory. Similarly, we remember with great pride the epic struggle of our nation which with […]
Source: News Beast
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