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July 15 Memorial Museum recalls bloody coup attempt in 2016

On the third anniversary of the 2016 failed coup attempt by the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), a museum honoring the sacrifices paid to uphold democracy in Turkey was opened in the heart of Istanbul.

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July 15 Memorial Museum recalls bloody coup attempt in 2016

Materials in the museum describe how a coup against the people's will risks causing economic crisis, political disability, social depression and foreign dependency in a country.

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July 15 Memorial Museum recalls bloody coup attempt in 2016

One portion of the museum depicted Turkey's nine previous coups or attempted coups from 1960 to 2016, coinciding with 531 such incidents across the globe.

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July 15 Memorial Museum recalls bloody coup attempt in 2016

It also honored historic figures who stood against colonization such as Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Abdul Hamid II, Alija Izetbegovic, Mahatma Gandi and Simon Bolivar.

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July 15 Memorial Museum recalls bloody coup attempt in 2016

Sezgin Saatçi, who came to the museum with his family, said the museum depicted the coup with much more detail than that heard on TV.

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July 15 Memorial Museum recalls bloody coup attempt in 2016

"It really brings memories of that horrible night, the night of treacherous," he said.

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July 15 Memorial Museum recalls bloody coup attempt in 2016

Musa Sipsivri, another visitor, said the plotters, would never bring Turkey to its knees, divide its people or pull down its flag.

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July 15 Memorial Museum recalls bloody coup attempt in 2016

The 13-year-old Yusuf Taha Asker said the museum was a place everyone should visit and expressed his pride to be a citizen of Turkish Republic.