The talk with US officer on the morning of the coup attempt

"At around 8:00 a.m., we got on a vehicle with the commander and arrived in front of a building belonging to the Americans. The commander went inside and I stayed in the vehicle," an eyewitness said. 

The event took place on July 16, 2016, the morning after the July 15, 2016 coup attempt. The person entering the building is the İncirlik Base Commander Brig. Gen. Bekir Ercan Van, who took part in the coup attempt by operating the departures of the tanker aircraft from the base at night.

The person waiting for him in the vehicle is the bodyguard and the personal driver of the brigadier general, the Specialist Sergeant Muhammet Emrah Kuzu.

While Kuzu is waiting in the vehicle, the telephone which Van had left for him begins to ring. The person calling on the phone is the İncirlik Base Operations Commander Staff Col. Erhan Gazioğlu. Gazioğlu participated in the coup attempt as the co-pilot of the tanker aircraft with call sign "ASENA 02."

Kuzu explains the rest of the events this way: "Gazioğlu asked us where we were. I told him that I was in front of a building belonging to the Americans and that the commander was inside. Sometime later, Gazioğlu also entered the building. After staying inside for 15 minutes, he came out together with the commander. We got in the vehicle together with the commander and returned to the headquarters. The commander entered his room, and after coming out he told me, 'Close and lock this space.'"

Van would be taken under arrest a little bit later by the military and police officers who came to the headquarters.

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