July 15 coup attempt planned in İncirlik Airbase: report

Turkish İncirlik Airbase had been used as the main base for planning the July 15 coup attempt that targeted Turkey's democracy, government and president killing 241.

Weeks before the deadliest coup attempt, pro-FETÖ colonels had met with the YPG/PKK terrorists in İncirilik Airbase and planned against the interest of the state.

The secret meeting was organized by the United States and many NATO members states had joined in the talks.

“Before the Manbij offensive began in May, the United States brought to Incirlik Air Base in Turkey a delegation from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a coalition that nominally oversees the YPG," said David Ignatius, the Washington Post's opinion writer.

The SDF was formed by YPG, which is the Syrian branch of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) which is listed as a terrorist group to Turkey, EU and the U.S.

In his article in the U.S. newspaper, Ignatius confirmed that pro-FETÖ generals, who have met the terror groups secretly, are now in prison for their involvement in the deadliest coup attempt.

“Some of the Turkish generals who met the SDF are now said to be in prison as coup suspects," he writes.

İncirlik was chosen for the secret meeting because there was no proper supervision facilities due to military confidentiality.

Some civil FETÖ imams (leaders) had also joined the meeting that high-level military delegates from the U.S., UK, Italy, France and Norway had attended.

A recent report on the meeting said that a delegation from Germany was scheduled to join the talks, but could not because of Ankara's objection against a German parliamentary delegation's visit to the base.

Along with the FETÖ generals in the base, some pro-FETÖ generals from other military bases across the country were also invited to the meeting.

PYD/YPG representatives from Syria had been brought to the base via U.S. military cargo planes.

According to the İncirlik meeting, Turkey would be run by the coupist FETÖ members who would not great any obstacles against the West's plan in Iraq and Syria.

A terror corridor controlled by the YPG/PKK group would be formed along Turkey's southern border and Ankara would not raise its voice against it, the plan included.

It also calculated all accounts on the U.S. agenda in the Middle East and Turkey would become a pawn of Washington.

A week after the coup attempt, some Syrian opposition commanders told Yeni Şafak that U.S. military officers urged them to “prepare for a Turkey without [Turkish President Recep Tayyip] Erdoğan".

The pentagon officials also threatened to hit opposition military headquarters and weapon depots, if they resist against U.S. decision. “Make your choice," the officials told them.

Moreover, coupist military officer Hasan Polcat, Commander of the 39th Mechanized Brigade, had met 12 times with Americans before the coup in the İncirlik airbase.

U.S. generals had also assured Turkey's pro-FETÖ coupist officers that PYD/PKK terrorists would also support the coup military if they need help to stop public demonstrations in the coup night.

Turkish intelligence units confirmed that Adil Öksüz, one of the leading figure of the coup attempt, had also joined the meetings in İncirlik for several times.

Adil Öksüz, the FETÖ imam responsible for the Turkish military, had been detained in İncirlik airbase on July 16 morning, but was released after two hours with a scandal decision from the judiciary.

Police are searching for Öksüz, as he is believed to hide himself either under protection of PYD/PKK terrorist or under U.S. protection.

Security sources also said that he could have fled from Turkey via a U.S. cargo plane from İncirlik or by crossing the southern border with the help of PYD/PKK terrorists.

Moreover, İncirlik Base Commander Brigadier General Bekir Ercan Van had also planned to escape to the U.S. from the base.

He had applied for asylum to the U.S. following the coup attempt, but had to surrender to Turkish court when Washington rejected his application.

Security sources said that some FETÖ members who met the PKK /PYD in the base had also fled to Syria or Iraq and were being protected by the terror groups.

According to another report published in Yeni Şafak on Aug 2., a number of FETÖ members had been injured in Turkey's military operation in Iraq and treated in the Sema Hospital in Erbil.