Mehmet Dişli

Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) lawmaker Şaban Dişli, a member of the party's Central Decision and Executive Board, has been assigned as a chief adviser to the AKP headquarters. 

Dişli's brother, former general Mehmet Dişli, is one the key suspects of the July 15 coup attempt.

One of the top suspects in the key case on the July 2016 coup attempt, former Major General Mehmet Dişli, has said he was following the orders of Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar during events at the Akıncı Air Base, considered to be the command center of the coup. 

One of the top suspects in the critical trial on events at the Akıncı Air Base, considered the command center of Turkey's July 2016 coup attempt, has denied any links to the network of U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen.

One of the most interesting pages of the July 15 coup attempt is the long night lived at the Akıncı Air Base, where Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar was held hostage by the coup soldiers until morning.

The indictment on the legal case about the Chief of General Staff's central command offers interesting information on what one of the most critical actors of the July 15 coup attempt, Major General Mehmet Dişli was doing in the Çankaya Palace after landing there on the morning of July 16, 2016 with the Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar.

In the coup attempt case regarding the General Staff Headquarters, the defendants have denied everything to the judge. But they could not explain the camera records, and they answered some questions illogically and quite strangely, triggering reactions from the public. 

One of the key figures in the July 15, 2016, coup attempt was the head of the Strategic Transformation Department of the General Staff, Maj. Gen. Mehmet Dişli. While defending himself in a statement to the prosecutor on July 18, 2016, he said: "I have worked with the commander for 16 years at several levels. I regard the commander as a part of my family." 

After the failed July 15, 2016 coup attempt, members of the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ) pulled themselves together after a short-lived shock. They moved onto a second stage. 

More than 220 suspects, including over two dozen former generals, went on trial Monday accused of being among the ringleaders of last year’s attempted coup against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The Ankara 17th High Criminal Court has begun a high-profile case against a total of 221 suspects, including former high-ranking generals who have been accused of perpetrating a bloody July 2016 coup attempt against a backdrop of pro-government protests.