Turkey witnesses the bloodiest coup attempt in its history

The deadly coup attempt on july 15th 2016 marked a monumental turning point in Turkey's political history... Turkey witnessed the bloodiest coup attempt in its political history, when a section of the Turkish military launched a coordinated operation in several major cities to topple the government and overthrow President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Soldiers and tanks took to the streets and a number of explosions rang out in Ankara and Istanbul.