In mid-July, an attempted armed coup d'état was organized in Turkey, organized by a group of military men who took advantage of their position. The uprising was suppressed, and about 6 thousand people were detained by the police. However, there were no casualties - as a result of the incident 290 people died, another 1440 were injured of varying severity.
Unexpectedly, military equipment was taken to the streets of Ankara, fighters started flying over the city, part of the roads were blocked, and social networks were blocked.
These images most accurately and accurately convey the situation that prevailed in the country at that time.
The very center of Ankara: tanks and crumpled cars
Supporters of the president, along with the police, caught a group of soldiers taking part in the coup
Istanbul residents try not to get caught in a shoot-out between police and military
Istanbul Ataturk Airport blocked, tanks and military equipment everywhere
One of the coup participants who fell into the hands of an angry mob on the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul
Istanbul residents take pictures with a policeman on a bridge over the Bosphorus after the uprising was crushed
Arrested rebels escorted by police to Taksim Square in Istanbul
The picture was taken on the Bosphorus Bridge. Soldiers are trying to hide from the fierce crowd of Istanbul residents
Supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan take to the streets with flags, they rejoice that the coup was suppressed
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