People in Turkey who called at midnight during last year’s coup attempt heard a recorded message from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
They heard Erdogan’s congratulations on a day where ‘democracy and unity’ would be celebrated. The authorities have declared July the 15th as a ‘national holiday’ in Turkey. It marks the date of last year’s failed coup attempt.
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In the message, Erdogan also says that he wants martyrs shown mercy, and wished the heroes (who helped stop the coup ) good health. It was not possible to get through to the number callers had dialled before Erdogan’s message was played.
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Subscribers of Turkey’s largest mobile operator, Turkcell, received the message, and it was also heard on Vodafone’s mobile network.
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‘Now it’s enough. You even get it through the mobile phone – which is an insult. It’s like a twisted nightmare’, said opposition politician, Aykut Erdogdu, on Twitter.
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© NTB Scanpix / Norway Today
