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Kampf auf der Bosporus-Brücke - Die Türkei und der gescheiterte Putschversuch

The night of July 15, 2016 changed the history of Turkey. On that day there were coordinated attacks by parts of the Turkish army, among others in Istanbul. The aim of the military: a coup against the government. The decisive confrontation occurred on the Bosporus Bridge. While President Erdogan was still on vacation, live at TV he called on the people who were devoted to him to stand against the military. As an enemy for the masses, he presented his adversary Fethullah Gülen, whom he branded as the coup leader. He also urged the imams of the country's mosques to condition the population to resist. And so it happens that at night thousands of agitated people take to the streets to oppose the armed insurgents. The death toll was high. 352 people died across Turkey during the attempted coup. The consequences are even more serious: Erdogan used this gift, as he called it himself, to undermine democracy, to arrange mass arrests of dissidents and to transform Turkey into a dictatorship.

Top Cast

  • Ulrike Hübschmann

    Ulrike Hübschmann

    Self - Narrator (voice)

  • Esra Vural

    Esra Vural

    Self - Additional Voice

  • Sebastian Schneider

    Sebastian Schneider

    Self - Additional Voice

  • Maximilian Popp

    Maximilian Popp

    Self - Interviewee

  • Fadime Yeltepe

    Fadime Yeltepe

    Self - Interviewee

  • Martin Erdmann

    Martin Erdmann

    Self - Interviewee

  • Eyüp Karaman

    Eyüp Karaman

    Self - Interviewee

  • Fethullah Gülen

    Fethullah Gülen

    Self (archive footage)

  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

    Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

    Self (archive footage)

Overview

The night of July 15, 2016 changed the history of Turkey. On that day there were coordinated attacks by parts of the Turkish army, among others in Istanbul. The aim of the military: a coup against the government. The decisive confrontation occurred on the Bosporus Bridge. While President Erdogan was still on vacation, live at TV he called on the people who were devoted to him to stand against the military. As an enemy for the masses, he presented his adversary Fethullah Gülen, whom he branded as the coup leader. He also urged the imams of the country's mosques to condition the population to resist. And so it happens that at night thousands of agitated people take to the streets to oppose the armed insurgents. The death toll was high. 352 people died across Turkey during the attempted coup. The consequences are even more serious: Erdogan used this gift, as he called it himself, to undermine democracy, to arrange mass arrests of dissidents and to transform Turkey into a dictatorship.

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