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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan inaugurated a museum dedicated to democracy on July 15 - on the fifth anniversary of the 2016 defeated coup when FETÖ attempted to seize power by force.

The repulse of 2016 coup attempt in Turkey is "a common source of pride" for the nation, the country's president said on July 15, marking the fifth anniversary of the defeated coup.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has replaced a top Turkish university rector whose appointment led to months of student-led protests.

Melih Bulu, the rector of Istanbul's Boğaziçi University, was dismissed from his post by a presidential decree published in the Official Gazette on July 15.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on July 15 replaced a top Istanbul university rector whose appointment led to months of student-led protests.

Erdoğan appointed Melih Bulu as rector of Boğaziçi University in January but students started protesting, saying that the appointment of Bulu as rector was contrary to the customs of a 158-year-old university.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan appointed new deputy ministers on July 14.

Fatma Öncü was appointed as deputy minister to the Family and Social Services Ministry.

Mehmet Hamdi Yıldırım was appointed to the Finance and Treasury Ministry.

The announcement was published in the Official Gazette.

Turkish business representatives released strong messages of unity and solidarity on the fifth anniversary of a defeated coup attempt in the country on July 15, 2016.

Nail Olpak, head of the Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey (DEIK), said the nation stood firm against the coup attempt of the FETÖ, which sought to plunge Turkey into darkness.

A civil engineer who was shot while helping injured civilians on the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul on the night of the July 15, 2016 coup attempt, has been living with a bullet in his chest for five years.

Murat Aksu told daily Hürriyet about what happened on the bridge that night and afterward.

It's not easy to entirely wipe out the FETÖ organization, and Turkey will continue to stay vigilant against coup plotters, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, vowing to eliminate terrorists wherever they are, even outside the borders.

Millions of people are expected to hit the roads to flock to Turkey's coastal provinces or their hometowns as Turkish authorities have extended the Eid al-Adha holiday.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on July 13 held a phone conversation with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to discuss steps to improve bilateral relations.