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Each of the trees signified the 251 people who were killed in the July 15, 2016, attempted coup in Turkey
Thousands took to the streets in response to Erdogan's call to defeat the uprising
Illuminated anti-coup slogans were hung between the minarets of some of Istanbul's greatest Ottoman mosques
Thousands of people have been arrested simply on charges of downloading the app
Turkey accuses Gulen for engineering the coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Turkey has also widened a crackdown on alleged supporters of the July coup attempt
The reform will enable the president to issue decrees and will allow him to be a member of a political party
Ankara has come under heavy criticism over the wide-scale purges
Accused are charged with seeking to overthrow government and allegedly being members of group led by Fethullah Gulen
After the coup attempt, over 72,000 officials have been purged, 18,000 have been detained & 9,000 arrested in a month