Turkey coup attempt: General Akin Ozturk denies role in plot

July 19, 2016 Cholo Brooks The World 0

Akin Ozturk was among 70 generals and admirals being detained, Anadolu reported - BBC — Akin Ozturk was among 70 generals and admirals being detained, Anadolu reported – BBC

{BBC NEWS Online} – A former air force commander has denied being a ringleader of Friday’s attempted military coup in Turkey.

Gen Akin Ozturk and 26 senior officers were charged with treason and remanded in custody by a court on Monday, the state-run Anadolu news agency said.

But in a statement to prosecutors, the general insisted: “I am not the person who planned or led the coup.”

Anadolu had earlier quoted him as telling interrogators that he had “acted with intention to stage a coup”.

Officials have blamed the unrest, which killed at least 232 people and wounded 1,400, on the US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen and the “parallel structure” they say he has formed to topple the government. READ MORE OF THIS REPORT

(Visited 132 times, 1 visits today)

About Cholo Brooks 17424 Articles

Joel Cholo Brooks is a Liberian journalist who previously worked for several international news outlets including the BBC African Service. He is the CEO of the Global News Network which publishes two local weeklies, The Star and The GNN-Liberia Newspapers. He is a member of the Press Union Of Liberia (PUL) since 1986, and several other international organizations of journalists, and is currently contributing to the South Africa Broadcasting Corporation as Liberia Correspondent.