The demonstrations in support of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan began in Austria within minutes of those in Istanbul and Ankara.
On the evening of the attempted coup in Turkey, Erdogan supporters poured on to the streets of Istanbul and Ankara.
And almost simultaneously, Erdogan supporters also begin pouring on to the streets of Vienna.
A young demonstrator - Austrian born of Turkish immigrant parents - explains why he's marching behind Turkish flags.
"We are Turks, we stick together, we're always there and we love each other."
Austria's Turkish community numbers around 300,000.
Many came in the 1970s so now there are second and third generations along with more recent immigrants.
That 4,000 of them staged a spontaneous demonstration waving Turkish flags and chanting pro-Erdogan slogans has brought criticism from right-wing and left-wing politicians.
Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz has called in the Turkish Ambassador in Vienna to explain both the post-coup attempt crackdown and the demonstrators.
"We have evidence that the pro-Erdogan demonstrations that took place in Vienna were directly ordered from Turkey to get people on the street. Of course this is untenable and we will protest."
What surprised many Austrians was the rapid response of the Turkish community to the attempted coup.
Chengis Günay is a foreign and security policy analyst - and Turkey specialist - at the Austrian Institute for International Affairs.
He says President Erdogan's AK Party is very successful at motivating grassroots supporters.
"They have developed a network which includes religious communities, associations and societies around the world. They function like civil society organisations but they have very tight connections to the ruling party and they function as mobilisers within the communities abroad."
A special service has been held in a Vienna Mosque, called to show solidarity against Islamist violence.
Austria's Turkish community is overwhelmingly Muslim.
Metin Akürek is from ATIK, an association representing Mosques and Islamic centres in Austria.
He says there's no religious element to the recent demonstrations.
"The people have great loyalty to their country of origin, and this is what motivates them."
And Metin Akürek claims the demonstrators were only out to protest against the coup …
"This is not about President Erdogan. Rather it's about guaranteeing the constitutional institutions in Turkey. And for that I believe every person of Turkish origin is ready to get out and demonstrate."
But Chengis Günay thinks these latest demonstrations have been more about supporting President Erdogan than supporting Turkish democracy.
So why do Austria's Turkish immigrants still cling so strongly to their country of origin?
"Here in Austria they are exposed to a rather xenophobic political discourse which is not only anti-immigration but also very strongly anti-Turks. It is even a theme within political campaigns and it is directly addressing Turkish migrants so they feel exposed here, they feel threatened, insecure, and Tayyip Erdogan is a strong personality who suggests to speak with world leaders at eye level and he is one of them who is sitting on the world stage."
The irony is that these pro-Erdogan demonstrations will play into the hands of Austria's anti-immigration party, the Freedom Party.
It could swing voters towards their candidate Norbert Hofer in the upcoming re-run of the Presidential election.
Norbert Hofer was the first to condemn the demonstrators - and could now be the first to benefit as Austrians see their prejudices reinforced by the Erdogan-chanting, Turkish flag-waving protesters on their streets.
