This paper explores the politics and practices of commemoration in the aftermath of Turkey’s July 15, 2016 coup attempt. Developing a concept of “memorial publics,” this paper examines two distinct but interrelated forms of commemoration: websites that have been set up to tell the story of the resistance to the coup attempt and a new monument that commemorates the victim-heroes of that night’s fighting. I focus on two shared aspects that link the digital and the physical: The use of key terms to frame the coup attempt’s heroes and villains, and the role of website and architectural design in focusing the audience’s attention. I argue that these commemorative projects work together to create a memorial public in which President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s position is both naturalized and justified. This paper’s analysis contributes to geographers’ ongoing interest in the symbolic and material dimensions of cultural and political geographies.

本文探讨了土耳其2016年7月15日政变企图之后的纪念活动的政治和实践。提出“纪念公众”的概念后，本文考察了两种截然不同但相互关联的纪念形式：建立用来讲述抵抗政变的故事的网站和纪念当晚受害者英雄的新纪念碑。战斗。我将重点放在两个将数字和物理联系在一起的共享方面：使用关键术语来组织政变企图的英雄和恶棍，以及网站和建筑设计在吸引观众注意力方面的作用。我认为，这些纪念项目共同创造了一个纪念公众，使雷塞普·塔伊普·埃尔多安总统的立场既自然又合理。