Erase HDD and Question Mark??

Hi,
i erased my hdd and unfortunately i shutted down the mac. Now, there is a flashing question mark at startup. When i try the connect recovery mode, it only connect internet recovery. After a 15 minutes later it gives an error that "2002f". There is a SSD in mac.
So, how can i install os x again, please helpp?

Hello c_arslan and welcome to Apple Support Communities,
"i erased my hdd"
How did you do that and why? How far did it procede?
"i shutted down the mac"
How were you able to do that? By pressing the power key for longer than 5 seconds? SSDs don't like loss of power while they're writing/operating.
"there is a flashing question mark at startup"
It's saying that it can't find a bootable operating system so it can't start up. Not surprising if you erased the hard drive.
If it's not too far gone you can try internet recovery:
OS X: About OS X Recovery - Apple Support
Do you have backups?

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