The farcical ‘coup’ fallout continues. Having earlier denied his involvement in the coup in statements he made to Turkish media (insisting he worked to quell the uprising), Turkey’s state-run news agency reports that former Air Force commander General Akin Ozturk has now pleaded guilty to organizing the coup attempt. “I started to act aiming to stage a coup,” Ozturk admitted during interrogation… but, adding to the confusion, CNN Turk additionally reports that Ozturk stated “he was not the one to plan the coup.”
Earlier today,
Turkey’s state-run news agency says a total of 103 generals and admirals have been detained for questioning across Turkey over the failed coup.
Anadolu Agency says Monday that 41 of them have been ordered jailed pending trial so far.
Earlier, the agency said prosecutors in Ankara were questioning 27 generals and admirals, including former Air Force commander Gen. Akin Ozturk, who has been described as the ringleader of the foiled uprising.
Ozturk, who remained in active duty, has denied he was involved and insisted he worked to quell the uprising in statements he made to Turkish media.
And now…
The ex-commander of the Turkish Air Force has pleaded guilty to organizing the coup attempt, Anadolu news agency reported.
“I started to act aiming to stage a coup,” Akin Ozturk said during the interrogation.
NOTE – The Turkish State Media has since deleted this tweet!
But…
#BREAKING Former Air Force Commander Ak?n Öztürk says he was not the one to plan the coup http://pic.twitter.com/SgC2YvlBAi
— CNN Türk ENG (@CNNTURK_ENG) July 18, 2016
So, to be clear, he did not plan it but acted with intent to stage it… and that is how Erdogan gets his scapegoat (as Sputnik News reports, according to Sabah newspaper, Ozturk may be linked to Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gulen staying in self-imposed exile in the United States, who was blamed by Ankara for the attempted coup.)
via http://ift.tt/29P2hJv Tyler Durden