Chief of General Staff

BELGRADE - At the invitation of Serbian Armed Forces Chief of General Staff Gen Milan Mojsilovic, Bulgarian Chief of Defence Adm Emil Eftimov is on an official visit to Serbia.

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.

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.

A former four-star general arrested over the failed July 15, 2016 coup attempt has cited Turkey's chief of general staff as a witness to prove his innocence. 

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." 

The Turkish public still does not have an answer to the question on whether or not the tip off provided by pilot Major O.K. in the early afternoon of July 15, 2016, by personally visiting the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) headquarters, was properly assessed. 

First question that stands out in the debate on the tipoff to the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) headquarters on the day of the coup attempt on July 15 is whether it was "an  exact warning" of a coup. The second question is a more general one on whether any intelligence had reached government institutions beforehand on a coup attempt by the Gülen movement.

An indictment into the July 2016 coup attempt has revealed that İlhan Talu, one of the high-ranking alleged putschist soldiers, allegedly ordered mobilization earlier than planned after seeing National Intelligence Agency (MİT) chief Hakan Fidan speaking with the top brass. 

Lt.-Gen. Talu was detained on July 16, 2016, one day after the failed coup.

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif may appoint Lieutenant General Ishfaq Nadeem Ahmed as the country's next Army chief.