A "15 July Democracy and National Unity Day" commemoration program was held at Gemlik Open Penal Institution on the anniversary of the 15 July treacherous coup attempt. Bursa Public Prosecutor İbrahim Yakut, Deputy Director of the Institution Mehmet Şen, Gemlik Hisar Anatolian High School Principal Hasan Hüseyin Cesur, institution staff and convicts attended the program held in the garden of the institution. Program; It started with a moment of silence and the singing of the National Anthem.
Deputy Director of the Institution Mehmet Şen, who made the opening speech of the program, emphasized that July 15 was a historical turning point in which the nation defended its will and democracy.
As part of the commemoration events, the names of the convicts who participated in the poetry and composition competition with the theme "Our Will, Our Victory" organized within the institution were read. It was an emotional moment when the convict, who came first in the poetry competition, performed his work from the podium. Certificates of success were presented to the convicts who came first in the competitions by Bursa Public Prosecutor İbrahim Yakut and Deputy Director of the Institution Mehmet Şen.
Gemlik Hisar Anatolian High School Principal Hasan Hüseyin Cesur, who was invited to the podium later in the program, explained the historical process leading to July 15, the dynamics behind the treacherous coup attempt, and the social and political consequences of this process in detail, in his speech stating the meaning and importance of the day. The commemoration program, which was carried out with great sensitivity and institutional seriousness, ended after commemorating the martyrs with mercy and expressing gratitude to the veterans. - BURSA