Last year\u2019s failed coup attempt in Turkey is nothing but a false flag orchestrated by Turkey\u2019s autocratic President Recep Tayip Erdo\u011fan and his henchmen to create a pretext for a mass persecution of critics and opponents in a state of perpetual emergency, a new detailed study titled \u2018July 15: Erdo\u011fan\u2019s Coup\u2019 by Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) concluded.<\/p>\n
Based on publicly available data, the coup indictments, testimonials in court trials, private interviews, reviews of military expert opinions and other evidence collected by researchers, SCF is fairly confident that this attempt did not even qualify a coup bid in any sense of military mobilization which was unusually limited in numbers, confined in few cities, poorly managed, defied the established practices, tradition, rules of engagement and standard operating procedures in Turkish military.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was a continuation of a series of false flags that were uncovered in the last couple of years under the authoritarian rule of Erdo\u011fan regime and it was certainly the bloodiest one,\u201d said Abdullah Bozkurt, the President of SCF.<\/p>\n
\u201cErdo\u011fan appears to have tapped on widely circulated coup rumors in Turkish capital and staged own show to steal wind and set up his opposition for a persecution,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Judging from the results of the coup bid, Erdo\u011fan won big time by securing imperial presidency, consolidating his gains, stifle the opposition and even launching cross border military incursion into Syria for which he had been itching for too long. No wonder why he immediately called the attempt as \u201ca gift from God.\u201d<\/p>\n
The report was originally published in Turkish. SCF plans to release an English edition soon with new changes and updated data.<\/p>\n
Here are some of the findings from 191-page detailed report on what happened on July 15, 2016, and days leading to that.<\/p>\n
\n- A huge gap has emerged between facts and the government\u2019s narrative on coup bid despite intense efforts by Erdo\u011fan regime\u2019s in the form of censorship, propaganda, pressure, threats and even torture and ill-treatment. The testimonials from defendants and the evidence that was uncovered so far has further bolstered the view that the coup attempt was nothing but a set-up.<\/li>\n
- The conflicting public accounts by Erdo\u011fan regarding the chain of events on the day of the coup, his recollection that even differ from the indictments issued by judiciary that is tightly controlled by his regime, the anti-democratic measures taken in the aftermath of the July 15, the shuttering of thousands of institutions and the arrests of tens of thousands of civilians cast a long shadow on July 15 events.<\/li>\n
- The fact that the head of Turkish intelligence service (M\u0130T), Hakan Fidan, was tipped off about the coup in advance according to his own written statements sent to Parliament, but he neither informed the Prime Minister nor the President strengthened the claim that the coup bid was totally staged. There is no explanation for why the officials who are, first and foremost, responsible for discovering, thwarting, and halting the coup attempt against the elected government remained unreachable on the day of the coup and why they followed the daily routine even after they learned about the attempt.<\/li>\n
- Against the background of intel chief Hakan Fidan\u2019s lack of testimony either as a suspect or witness in any judicial investigation into the coup attempt, his no-show at the Parliamentary Coup Investigation Commission for a testimony, and the very fact that he kept his job, Erdo\u011fan actually expects everybody to believe in his constructed narrative about the coup attempt without even questioning and investigating anything significant.<\/li>\n
- The fact that intel head Hakan Fidan met with the top military officials for hours a day before the coup as well as on the coup day, his trip to the General Staff\u2019s headquarters despite alleged tip-off that he was going to be whisked away and detained by military, his leaving the military headquarters without a hassle, and the launch of the coup attempt right after his departure has not been explained and justified as of today.<\/li>\n
- It is also important to note the Chief of General Staff Hulusi Akar made conflicting statements. Testimonials by witnesses and defendants do not confirm the account provided by Akar. The military experts that SCF has consulted in preparing this report\u00a0clearly underlined that the coup bid, tipped-off in advance, could have stopped easily in its tracks and prevented by simple and quick measures. Yet, Akar\u2019s not resorting to such preventive measures fuels deep suspicions about July 15 events.<\/li>\n
- It was highly unusual and odd for the top commanders of the military had gone on with their usual routine, even attending wedding ceremonies at hours when there was credible and alarming intelligence of a coup attempt was received. This is against the established traditions, practices and rules of the operating procedures in Turkish military.<\/li>\n
- According to official account, 8,651 officers took part in the coup, corresponding to 1.5 percent of the total military personnel in the Turkish Army. Of those 1,761 were private conscripts, 1,214 were military students, and 5,761 were officers and non-commissioned officers. But even these numbers do not reflect the actual mobilization that was seen on the ground during the coup attempt. Given the fact that 168 generals and thousands of officers are now being tried on coup charges, the military experts find it odd that such an insignificant number of troops took part in the coup attempt. It is estimated that there are 200,00 troops under the command of these generals who are charged with the attempt.<\/li>\n
- The strange events such as shutting down the Bosphorus bridge to the traffic one way, hitting targets that have not served to the goals of putschists at all, the sparing of politicians who should have been the primary target, killing civilians, trying to seize institutions by only a handful of troops were not explained. The limited mobilization of military assets was confined to few cities and the teams that are supposed to detain Erdo\u011fan came to his hotel hours after his departure. All these makes-no-sense events appear to be suggesting that they were staged to give an impression and supply footages and photos for the coup.<\/li>\n
- Even after one full year, Turkish government has failed to present a convincing and solid evidence that proves the Hizmet movement (popularly known as G\u00fclen movement) was behind the coup attempt either as a mastermind or a participant. The fabricated and forced testimonials apparently taken under heavy torture in custody were later refuted by defendants when they appeared in court for trial hearings.<\/li>\n
- As various researches that were published or reported by international institutions have revealed, officers who are charged of attempting the coup comes from various ideologies and backgrounds. In most cases, the troops were mobilized over threats of impending terror threats or as part of the military drill, defendants\u2019 statements in the court has shown.<\/li>\n
- Fethullah G\u00fclen who has inspired the Hizmet movement that was accused of coup bid by Erdo\u011fan, stated in an exclusive interview with SCF that the coup bid was \u201coutrageous heinous scenario constructed by Erdo\u011fan and his accomplices.\u201d He said it was launched to pursue unprecedented witch hunt against the Hizmet movement. He made it clear if anyone who was sympathetic to the Hizmet movement took part in this heinous act, they betrayed the very ideals of the movement. G\u00fclen reiterated his call for an international commission to thoroughly investigate the coup, an offer that Edo\u011fan has failed to respond.<\/li>\n
- The uncertainty behind the ballistic investigations on the weapons used in the murder of civilian and troops still lingers on. The paramilitary groups that took part in clashes, and that later appeared in various videos taken on coup night were not identified and how they were organized and mobilized remains a mystery. There were also reports that Turkish police distributed high-caliber weapons to civilians on the night of the coup.<\/li>\n
- Turkey is no longer a country governed by the rule of law and democratic principles. It is now a state ruled by the government decrees under constant state of emergency. The judiciary is under full control of the government, freedom of press and expression are under hold, the parliamentary is no longer functioning and opposition politicians are behind bars.<\/li>\n
- More than 150,000 government employees were dismissed from their positions on the basis of their critical views without an effective judicial and administrative probes. The purges in the military, judiciary, foreign service and security apparatus have reached to alarming levels. 51,889 people were put behind bars, without an evidence, a trial and conviction, mostly housewives, teachers, students, doctors, merchants, journalists who were affiliated with the Hizmet movement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Source:\u00a0stockholmcf.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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