Turkey Intends to Extend State of Emergency for Three More Months

As in other places across the country, thousands of people were gathering in the main squares of Istanbul for the so-called "democracy watch" rallies, as they did past year after the coup was foiled.

Accompanied by his family and the families of the victims of the coup, Mr Erdogan joined a massive, flag-waving crowd near the iconic July 15 Martyrs' Bridge in Istanbul to remember 250 people who died on July 15 2016 resisting the coup. Special sessions will be held in the country's parliament.

Addressing a ceremony here on Saturday to commemorate the first anniversary of the failed coup of Turkey, he said that it was impossible to find appropriate words to describe the brutality that the miscreants displayed that night.

The popular resistance against coup plotters in Istanbul came hours after renegade soldiers declared their seizure of power through the state broadcaster.

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The defeated coup left 300 military and civilians martyred and almost 15,400 injured.

At least 250 people were killed and more than 2,000 injured during the bloody coup attempt. 35 coup plotters were also killed. Numerous top army officials who admit to charges that they were coup plotters deny that they are linked to Gulen.

"This is owing to our martyrs and veterans". The Turkish people will never forget and will not allow to forget what happened on July 15, " Yildirim said at the march, broadcast by NTV TV channel.

The authorities embarked on the biggest purge in Turkey's history, arresting 50 000 people and sacking over 100 000 more.

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FETO and its US -based leader, Fetullah Gulen, are accused of orchestrating the defeated coup that left 250 people martyred and almost 2,200 injured. Gülen has denied the allegations.

Turkey marks on Saturday one year since a faction in the military attempted a coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, setting off a state-of-emergency government crackdown that's still ongoing.

Critics, including rights groups and some Western governments, say Erdogan is using the state of emergency introduced after the coup to target opposition figures including rights activists, pro-Kurdish politicians, and journalists.

"They showed the whole world how to defend democracy and freedoms", he said.

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"Instead of rapid normalization, a permanent state of emergency has been implemented", he added. Public transportation in Istanbul and Ankara are free over the weekend, and bus destination signs were displaying messages of congratulations.

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