The Democracy and National Unity Day of Türkiye ( tr, Demokrasi ve Milli Birlik Günü) is one of the public holidays in Türkiye, commemorating the national unity against the coup d'état attempt for democracy in 2016. President

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician serving as the List of presidents of Turkey, 12th and current president of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as prime minister of Turkey from 2003 to 2014 and as Lis ...

said in 27th Muhtars Meeting that, he and

National Security Council A national security council (NSC) is usually an executive branch governmental body responsible for coordinating policy on national security issues and advising chief executives on matters related to national security. An NSC is often headed by a na ...

recommended commemoration of veterans and martyrs of 15 July as "Democracy and Celebration of Freedom Day". Prime Minister

Binali Yıldırım Binali Yıldırım (; born 20 December 1955) is a Turkish politician who served as the 27th and last Prime Minister of Turkey from 2016 to 2018 and Speaker of the Grand National Assembly from 2018 to 2019. He was Leader of the Justice and Dev ...

announced on 11 October 2016 that a new law has been prepared and opened for signatures. After formal procedures, 15 July became a national holiday as "Democracy and National Unity Day".

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