Coup plotters invaded General Staff Headquarters

Despite all the measures, coup plotters managed to occupy the General Staff Headquarters. The critical terror meeting held at the General Staff Headquarters was interrupted by the notification received from MIT. After the meeting held upon the notification, operations regarding the first of the four instructions that were sent to all the troops of TAF on flight restriction was completed and 36 airborne planes were landed at their fleets. With the commencement of the coup attempt, busy hours started at the General Staff Headquarters. First, some of General Akar’s security guards were shot. Akar’s assistant Lieutenant Colonel Levent Türkkan, assistant adjutant Captain Serdar and armed soldiers from Special Forces got into General Akar’s office and attempted to detain the commander. They attempted to force Akar to sign the coup d’état declaration at gunpoint. They attempted to throttle Akar, who refused to sign the declaration, with a belt this time. Meanwhile, Deputy Chief of General Staff Full General Yaşar Gülen was also taken hostage by an officer from his close team by force of arms. Learning about the gunshot from the General Staff building, the security personnel of the Prime Ministry Kızılay Building reported the situation to the Prime Ministry Coordination Center around 21:35. Armed Forces Command Operations Control Center (SKHKM) officials, who were called by the Prime Ministry upon this notification, told that the gunshot was due to an action drill. Upon these extraordinary developments, the Commander of the Land Forces Full General Salih Zeki Çolak called the Chief of General Staff Hulusi Akar. However, the person who replied the call was Akar’s assistant Lieutenant Colonel Levent Türkkan. Türkkan called Çolak to the Headquarters by saying; “Sir, our Chief of General Staff is expecting you and particularly our Chief of Staff İhsan Uyar at the Headquarters”. When Çolak and Chief of Staff General İhsan Uyar arrived at the Headquarters, they were seized by the coup plotters at the entrance of the General Staff Headquarters. Security officer Sergeant Major Bülent Aydın was martyred by the coup plotters. Security Manager Captain Burak Akın was injured. Bülent Aydın went down in history as the first martyr of the coup attempt. Full General Hulusi Akar was brought to the 4th Main Jet Base Command in Akıncı by helicopter.