(MENAFN) In an outpouring of mass support for President Tayyip Erdogan that lay bare the divisions of a society riven by widespread purges whilea lot of Turks crowded to mark the anniversary of last year"s failed coup on Saturday.
In addition, a sea of rapturous, flag-waving crowds gathered in Istanbul to listen as a defiant Erdogan promised to punish his enemies and praised the unarmed civilians who last year stood up to the rogue soldiers and their tanks.
So that. ""They showed no mercy when they pointed their guns at my people,"" Erdogan said, ""What did my people have, they had their flags just as they do today - and something much more important they had their faith.""
Moreover, some 250 people were killed and parliament was bombed before the coup was put down. The show of popular defiance has likely ended decades of military interference in Turkish politics.
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