
Democracy and National Unity Day is an official commemoration day declared in Türkiye following the failed military coup attempt on July 15, 2016, which targeted the constitutional order and democratic structure. This coup attempt, in which the public participated directly for the first time in the history of the Republic of Türkiye, was thwarted through the coordinated resistance of state institutions and citizens. Following this process, July 15 has been commemorated each year as “Democracy an
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Aydın Çopur was a Turkish industrial engineer who was killed in front of the Presidential Complex during the failed military coup attempt of 15 July 2016. At the age of eight, while visiting his father’s place of duty, he decided to become a soldier.【1】 Life and Family Background Aydın Çopur was born on 1 January 1990 in Çankırı. Çopur, whose hometown is Çankırı, never married. At the age of eight, he visited a military unit where his father, retired non-commissioned officer Nurettin Çopur, was
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