A prosecutor’s office in Ankara has reportedly claimed in an indictment that a phone call was made by a mobile phone registered under the name of the US Consulate General in Istanbul to Adil Ökzüz, a suspected leader of the July 2016 coup, six days after the uprising.
Prosecutors have completed the indictment on coup events centered on the Akıncı Air Base in Ankara, the headquarters of the coup attempt where members of the top brass were held captive by the plotters for hours, sources said, adding that the indictment would be made public on March 30.
The phone call from the US Consulate General was made on July 21, 2016, the indictment reportedly said.
It was previously revealed that Öksüz met high-level commanders in Ankara while preparing for the coup. It has also been claimed that Öksüz met Fethullah Gülen, the US-based leader of the network in the US, to show him plans for the putsch, the Hurriyet daily reported.
While the operation to apprehend Öksüz is continuing, authorities are conducting legal and administrative investigations.
