TURKEY: former commander of the Air Force admitted to having performed a coup

The former commander of the Turkish Air Force Akin Ozturk, who is awaiting trial for treason after attempting a military coup on Friday night with the aim of overthrowing the Government of Turkey and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the prosecutor's office said today that he believes that the "coup tried to implement parallel structures".

- I did not plan and manage a military coup. I do not know who planned and commanded the attack. In my experience, I think that this attempt a military coup tried to implement parallel structures. I can not state with certainty when the Armed Forces of Turkey, organized and conducted. I have no information about it, said Ozturk.

He pointed out how it was that day in Izmir, where, he said, finishing certain tasks by a notary which is why he could not go to Istanbul with a friend who married a daughter that day.He added that the only afternoon a military plane went into a military base Akinci in Ankara where he spent the rest of the day.

- The base Akinci planes were constantly on the move and I did not notice anything special. I called Mehmeti Sanverija to congratulate the wedding. He shortly thereafter again called and said that planes are flying low, and asked what was going on. The commander of the air force was also at the wedding. He called me and said that planes flying low in Ankara. He said to prevent such a situation.

Then I called the base commander. He told me that in the database and the Chief of Staff. I immediately went to him. When I got there in one room were drinking tea Chief of the General Hulusi Akar, Major General Kubilay Selcuk and Major General Mehmet Disli. They told me: 'These have done this job, talk to them, convince them. I began to talk to them. In the meantime, I saw on television that people in Istanbul climbed on the tanks, said Ozturk.

He added that at the time Selcuk and Disla said that a military coup is impossible, and that democratic institutions are functioning in Turkey, stressing that the people would react to such an act.- Once you are up against, I yelled and yelled, also the Chief of them is trying to convince said Ozturk.

• 18 Jul, 2016
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