2016 Attempted military coup in Turkey
A year ago, on July 15, 2016, a military coup was attempted in Turkey. The military shelled a number of strategic sites in Istanbul and Ankara and seized a hotel in Marmaris, where Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was resting. However, he managed to leave the hotel, and then went on television with a statement about the illegality of the military coup and an appeal to supporters to take to the streets of Ankara and Istanbul to counter the putschists.