Ten years after the 2016 coup attempt in Turkey, we have gathered four firsthand accounts from the country. A 26-year-old woman in today’s Turkey: “There is a strong tradition of disobedience, we must regain our independence”

14/07/2026, Andrea Lazzaroni 

Ten years after the 2016 coup attempt in Turkey, we have gathered four firsthand accounts from the country. Sabahattin, 46 years old president of the Veterans and Martyrs’ Families Foundation, recalls: “Allah commanded us to protect the state against any aggression”

14/07/2026, Andrea Lazzaroni 

Ten years after the 2016 coup attempt in Turkey, we have gathered four firsthand accounts from the country. A 36-year-old from Istanbul, Kübra is a “raised and born activist” for Havle, a Muslim feminist association. She does not support Erdoğan, but states that the success of the coup “would have set the country back 20 years”

14/07/2026, Dimitri Bettoni 

Ten years after the 2016 coup attempt in Turkey, we have gathered four firsthand accounts from the country. A 48-year-old man from Turkey’s Kurdish-majority east, he works at his cultural center: “Is there enough freedom to tell this story? No”

14/07/2026, Dimitri Bettoni 

The Blue Recharge project, between Italy and Croatia, focuses on an effective and less invasive technique for storing water than dams. And to incentivize it, it is developing “blue credits” based on carbon credits

13/07/2026, Marco Ranocchiari 

On 9-10 March 2026, the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) consortium conducted its third visit to Rome in five years. 

13/07/2026, Redazione