Is Adil Öksüz being protected?

Generals have been apprehended but this Adil Öksüz somehow has not been caught yet. He was not only the "imam in charge of the military" of the "Fethullahist Terrorist Organization" (FETÖ), but he was also one of the leaders of the coup attempt, called the "black box." He was the one who tried to make Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar talk to Fethullah Gülen on the phone at Akıncılar Base in Ankara on the night of the coup. 

Öksüz was caught by the Akıncılar Gendarmerie at 3 p.m. on July 16. He appeared before the court 22 hours later at Sincan Courthouse, near Ankara. 

Öksüz was the only civilian among all the apprehended people. However, despite that, there is no apprehension warrant and there is no initial statement. Photos of him in his underwear seen in the papers were not in his file. Also, the file did not mention the GPS device that Öksüz hid in the toilet and was returned to the property and evidence unit. Thus, some very important evidence associated with the coup attempt has been hidden from the court. 

The judges who reached a decision about Öksüz learned about the photograph and the GPS device from the papers. When Öksüz was freed, his GPS device was handed back to him; probably for him to make use of while he was running away.

Prosecutor Cihan Ergün took his testimony. Öksüz said he was in the town of Kazan looking for land to buy. He was sent to the court with an arrest request. The judge who listened to him, Judge Köksal Çetin, had arrested 27 coup stagers up until that moment. When it was Öksüz's turn, he called prosecutor Ergün at 5:51 a.m.; they spoke for 107 seconds. The judge told the prosecutor that there was no evidence in the file about this person and that he was considering freeing him with a ban...

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