Vice President Yılmaz posted on his NSosyal account on the 46th anniversary of the September 12, 1980 coup.
Yılmaz said that during periods of coups, Türkiye faced the risk of losing not only its democracy and rule of law, but also its young people, years and hopes for the future. He stated that it took many years to erase the traces of the political, social and economic damage caused by coups.
“Türkiye has left the era of coups behind”
Referring in his post to the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Yılmaz said that centers of tutelage had been dismantled and Türkiye had left the era of coups behind through a stance that did not compromise on the supremacy of civilian politics and the national will.
On the anniversary of the September 12, 1980 coup, Yılmaz condemned all coups and coup attempts against democracy. He stated that Türkiye would continue to uphold the national will, democracy, the rule of law and civilian politics, and said that there was no place for tutelage or coups in Türkiye’s future.