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<strong>JULY</strong> <strong>15</strong>: GÜLENIST COUP ATTEMPT<br />
KARS<br />
Critical locations such as the<br />
headquarters of the National<br />
Intelligence Organization<br />
(MİT), municipal buildings and<br />
AK Party offices were invaded<br />
by coup force tanks. Kars was<br />
one of the last cities in which<br />
coup forces surrendered.<br />
İNCIRLIK AIR BASE<br />
The air space around İncirlik Air Base<br />
was closed during the attempted<br />
coup amid concerns a tanker aircraft<br />
commandeered from the base was<br />
used to refuel aircraft involved in the<br />
coup attempt. The air space around<br />
the base quickly reopened in the days<br />
after the attempted coup.<br />
DİYARBAKIR<br />
Six warplanes took off from the<br />
southeastern city of Diyarbakır<br />
on the night of the coup attempt.<br />
Citizens in the Kurdish-majority<br />
province took to the streets to<br />
stand against the coup attempt.<br />
BITLIS<br />
With the order of Brig. Gen.<br />
Arif Settar Afşar, helicopters,<br />
which operated by coup<br />
plotters fired over Tatvan.<br />
Barracks roads were blocked<br />
with municipality vehicles to<br />
stop military tanks.<br />
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