Anniversary of Failed Turkey Coup Marked in Balkans

Turkey on Sunday marked the failed coup attempt of July 15, 2016 with receptions across the Balkans, including photography and art shows as well as religious ceremonies, marches and several sporting events.

The embassy in Sarajevo, Bosnia, organised a photography exhibition about the failed coup attempt at the city's historic Vijecnica hall on July 13, which the Bosniak member of Bosnia's state presidency, Bakir Izetbegovic, and other high-level politicians attended.

On July 14, a concert was organised by the Turkish embassy in Vijecnica, which the Chairman of Bosnia's Council of Ministers, Denis Zvizdic, the Bosniak ruling party's candidate for the Bosniak seat on the Bosnian Presidency, Sefik Dzaferovic, Sarajevo Major Abdullah Skaka and many other senior figures attended.

On Sunday, a small symbolic marathon, the "15 July democracy run", organised by Turkish institutions in Sarajevo, was held.

  A small symbolic marathon was organised by Turkish institutions in Sarajevo on Sunday. Photo: Anadolu

Several other receptions and events organised by Turkish institutions and NGOs as well as a special religious ceremony in the city's main mosque Gazi Husrev Beg's Mosque took place.

Finally, on the night of July 15, the Turkish flag was flown from the Vijecnica hall along with a special light show.

 Sarajevo's 'Vijecnica' on Sunday evening. Photo: Anadolu  Sarajevo's 'Vijecnica' on Sunday evening. Photo: Anadolu

A number of events marking the failed coup attempt, which left 251 people dead and several thousand wounded, were held in Serbia as well.

A photography gallery was opened on July 13 in Belgrade's Kalemegdan fort, which a high-level Serbian delegation that included the speaker of parliament, Maja Gojkovic, attended.

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