The event for the third anniversary of the attempted coup d’état in Turkey (15 July 2016), which took place in the Turkish Parliament, was attended by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.
Representatives of all political parties, in the presence of the President of the Turkish Republic Recep Rayyip Erdoğan, spoke during the event.
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, following an invitation, like the other religious leaders in Turkey, went to Ankara on Monday morning, July 15, accompanied by Metropolitan Stefanos of Kallioupolis and Madytos, and returned to Constantinople on the same day.