July 15 Coup Attempt 6.16 Parliament gathered for an extraordinary meeting
6.16 Parliament convened on an extraordinary agenda
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CRITICAL DEVELOPMENT A historic meeting at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey which resisted the coup attempt
6.16 Parliament convened on an extraordinary agenda

The Grand National Assembly of Turkey convened on an extraordinary agenda. Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Chairman Devlet Bahçeli, Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım came to the Parliament respectively. Deputies kept a minute of silence for martyrs and read the national anthem during the meeting which was chaired by Parliamentary Speaker İsmail Kahraman. Later, Karaman read out the remaining eight stanzas of the national anthem, which was strongly applauded by all the deputies at Parliament. Kahraman delivered a speech in which he emphasized unity and solidarity.

The presidents of the Constitutional Court, Court of Cassation and Council of State watched the extraordinary session in which Chief of General Staff General Hulusi Akar also participated.

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A message of unity and solidarity from the Parliamentary President
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A message of unity and solidarity from the Parliamentary President

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Parliamentary President İsmail Kahraman, who made the opening speech of the extraordinary General Assembly of Parliament after the coup attempt was prevented, gave a message of unity and solidarity.
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6.17 All flights from the İncirlik Air Base were stopped
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6.17 All flights from the İncirlik Air Base were stopped

The U.S. Embassy in Turkey announced that flights from the İncirlik Air Base were completely halted and that electricity had been cut off at the air base.

Turkey announced that the airspace in the area had been closed. The U.S. Air Forces, which use the İncirlik Air Base near Adana, obeyed Turkey's decision on the closure of the air base.

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Tanker aircraft at İncirlik Base
Tanker aircraft at İncirlik Base

The soldiers and tanker aircraft at İncirlik Base provided support to the July 15 coup attempt. Three tanker aircraft took off from İncirlik Base and conducted flights toward the Ankara, Kayseri and Marmara regions to provide fuel support to the putschist pilots. 

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6.18 Parliament convened on an extraordinary agenda
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MUST SEE Yıldırım gave the first speech at the historical meeting.
6.18 Parliament convened on an extraordinary agenda

The historical meeting held at Parliament to band together against the coup attempt continued with Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım’s speech. Yıldırım extended thanks to the crowds of people on the streets, deputies who stayed at Parliament despite airstrikes, security forces and media outlets. Yıldırım continued, “Such a brutal assault took place last night that they targeted both the spirit and the body of Parliament which represents the national will. They are not soldiers, but terrorists in disguise of soldiers.”

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Binali Yıldırım: Today is a milestone
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Binali Yıldırım: Today is a milestone

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Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım, speaking at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, said "Today is a milestone. I believe that the solidarity that was exhibited throughout the night and exhibited here today is the beginning of a new process, in which will we defeat terrorism.”
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MUST SEE CHP leader Kılıçdaroğlu on the rostrum.
6.18 Parliament convened on an extraordinary agenda

Speaking after Prime Minister Yıldırım, CHP Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu damned the attack and said, “The suppression of the coup attempt showed the maturity of the parliamentary system.” He continued, “We must never accept tutelage on democracy. Regardless of whoever they are and whatever their ranks are, tutelage on democracy must never be allowed.”

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Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu: We Condemn
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Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu: We Condemn

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Speaking at the extraordinary meeting of the General Assembly of TBMM, the CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu condemned the coup attempt of FETÖ as; ‘We openly condemn this assault on democracy on behalf of my group, in the name of the people who voted for us,
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6.18 Parliament gathered for an extraordinary meeting
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While speeches in parliament continued, public transport across four cities was made free for the people who did not leave the streets empty. Tanks used in the coup began to withdraw to the barracks.

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