15 июля

HOW IT HAPPENED ?

Saga Of July 15

Municipality and Governorship took action.

Municipality and Governorship took action.

TIME : 22:40 LOCATION : Konya

On the night of July 15, the mayorship and governorship took action. Entrances of 3rd Main Jet Base and Garrison Command, Gendarmerie Regional Command, Provincial Gendarmerie Command and other military units were blocked off with construction vehicles and trucks. Entrances and exits were not allowed. It turned out that the person regarding whom Commander of Turkish Gendarmerie Forces General Galip Mendi who was abducted that night said “He pointed a gun on me” was the former Commander of Konya Gendarmerie Regional Command Brigadier Timurcan Ermiş. Gendarmerie Regional Command to which 6 provinces were affiliated was closed down and its activities were stopped.

The signboards at the entrance of the Command were dismounted. Former Chief of Staff of Konya Gendarmerie Regional Command Senior Colonel Mustafa Sakoğlu who was discovered to be planning to carry out operations in the city with coup plotters coming from Antalya was arrested. Commander of 3rd Main Jet Base and Garrison Major General Haluk Şahar, Air Operations Commander of 3rd Main Jet Base Command Senior Colonel Mustafa Ertürk and Commander of Air Defence School and Training Centre Brigadier Orhan Gündüz who were detected to be in cooperation with coup plotters were arrested.