The Socio-Political Analysis of The July 15 Coup Declaration

Turkey, which is a democratic state of law based on separation of powers, has been subjected to different military interventions directly or indirectly throughout the history of democracy and this has deeply affected the political process. The last of these military interventions took place on 15 July 2016. This coup attempt is different in many respects from other military interventions. However, it reminds me of the 27 May 1960 coup with some aspects. Coup declaration were written and shared with the public during the military intervention process. Coup declarations are texts prepared carefully because they are the first messages given to the society. This messages, given to the society, encloses statements about yesterday, today and tomorrow. The coup declarations, which has become a tradition as in every military intervention, and which contains the reason, purpose and messages of the coup, has been read from TRT screens. The method of this study is to make a socio-political reading on the coup declaration. In this study, it is aimed to evaluate the efforts of the coupists to get public support or to convince society from a sociological and political point of view. Thus, the July 15 coup attempt is evaluated from a different perspective.