How the failed 2016 coup reshaped Turkiye’s civil-military relations

On July 15, 2016, a faction of the Turkish military launched a failed coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's democratically elected government. Within hours, the takeover involving tanks and fighter jets was quashed, leaving about 250 dead and over 2,200 wounded. The failure marked a watershed moment in civil-military relations, ending decades of military interventions, including the 1960 and 1980 coups and the 1997 'post-modern coup'.