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34 soldiers fail to appear in coup hearing due to participation in al-Bab battle
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... ’s Euphrates Shield operation in northern Syria. The head of the court, Ali Özturk, said they sent notification about the case to the 34 soldiers but were notified in response that some of the soldiers were abroad, participating in the al-Bab operation in northern Syria. The operation began as part of Turkey’s Euphrates Shield offensive launched in August 2016, to clear its border of Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) Death Eaters. "Because there cannot be a court notice sent abroad, we could not issue a second notice," said Özturk. The suspects are charged with "attempting to abolish" the Turkish parliament and the Turkish Republic through force. Some of the suspects are also accused of being members of an "armed terror organization," while others are accused of "aiding an armed terror organization without being a member." The organization in question is the Gulenist network of U.S.-based preacher Fethullah Gulen ... a Turkish preacher living in Pennsylvania whom the current govt of Turkey considers responsible for all the ills afflicting Turkey and possibly the entire world... , who is widely believed to have orchestrated the coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016. The suspects face three aggravated life term each, as well as jail terms extending from five to 10 years. In the trial, one of the soldiers, Specialized Sgt. Yusuf Yaylaz, said they were dispatched to Sabiha Gökcen Airport after a higher-ranking soldier told them that intelligence had been received regarding an imminent terror attack. "The people stopped us at the security gate. In the meantime, my wife texted me. She said the bridges were closed. Later a citizen climbed up onto the [military] vehicles. He said a coup d’état was taking place. This person called a police officer he knew. Until the police came, we secured the weapons and then surrendered. I did not use any weapons," said Yaylaz in his court testimony. Posted by: Fred 2017-01-25 |
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