Part IV of indictment in Akinci Jet Base coup bid case

ANKARA (AA) - Ankara Public Prosecutor’s Office on Friday filed an indictment over the incidents at Turkey's 4th Akinci Main Jet Base during the defeated coup initiated by Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) in July 2016.

Akinci -- which was renamed Murted after the attempted coup -- located outside Turkey's capital Ankara, was used as a base by some pro-coup soldiers, and some of the jets which took off from the base that night bombed several places in the capital, including the parliament building. Loyal Turkish military officers were also held hostage at the base.

Below is part IV of the indictment:

1.03 a.m. (2203GMT)

Two F-16s departing from Balikesir province and heading to Istanbul return and land on the airfield.

1.08 a.m. (2208GMT)

Ankara Provincial Security Directorate building and its vicinity get bombed for the second time. Suspect Mustafa Ozkan, pilot of F-16 jet, hits the Ankara Provincial Security Directorate building with a GBU-10 bomb, martyring two people and injuring 39 others.

1.10 a.m. (2210GMT)

Aircraft carrying Air Force Commander Abidin Unal departs from Sabiha Gokcen Airport and heads towards the Akinci Base.

1.13 a.m. (2213GMT)

Special Forces Group Commander Brig. Semih Terzi's plane from Diyarbakir lands at Etimesgut Airport.

1.20 a.m. (2220GMT)

Second statement about the Turkish Armed Forces providing control and security throughout the country published at Chief of Staff's website.

Suspect Erdal Ertural's military cargo plane with flight number 6 takes off from Kayseri 12th Air Transport Main Base Command and Denizli/Cardak Airport, and moves to Sirnak province to bring 175 commandos to Ankara; however, Sirnak Airport has been shut down and lights switched off, so suspects are unable to land.

1.22 a.m. (2222GMT)

Two F-16s from Incirlik Base depart without permission. Departure order was given by Col. Ali Durmus.

Durmus, despite being at Akinci Base, calls the Incirlik Base on behalf of the Air Force Operations Center.

1.30 a.m. (2230GMT)

Helicopter carrying president flies at a low altitude and lands at Dalaman Airport where the ATA plane is located.

Suspicious Ismail Ozveren's military cargo plane bearing flight number 4 takes off from Kayseri 12th Air Transportation Main Base Command along with Burcu Dogan, Metin Keles and Ibrahim Caliskan to bring commandos from Sirnak province to Ankara. Flight duty is changed by Fleet Commander Engin Yetkin during the departure.

After realising that Sirnak Airport is closed, suspects are ordered to take commandos from Denizli/Cardak Airport and bring them to Ankara Akinci Base.

Denizli/Çardak Airport is shut down and lights switched off following instruction given by the Eskisehir Combined Air Operations Center (BHMM). Suspects then land at Malatya/Erhac Airport.

Suspect Fevzi Kilic's military cargo plane (flight number 7) takes off from Kayseri 12th Air Transportation Main Base Command along with Samet Acar, Emre Durgun, Serkan Alkac, Mesut Ustuncan, Ali Kahriman to bring commandos from Sirnak province to Ankara.

The flight team was assigned by Col. Erhan Baltacioglu to go to Siirt province and bring 4 Cobra helicopters and 160 military personnel from there to Ankara Etimesgut Airport at 3.15 a.m. (0015GMT). But, later this was changed to head towards Sirnak Airport.

Suspect Yasin Cetin's military cargo plane (flight number 2) takes off from Kayseri 12th Air Transportation Main Base Command along with İbrahim Yaman, Zafer Sinik and Sinan Sari to bring commandos from Sirnak province to Ankara.

However, Fleet Commander Engin Yetkin said: "Your Sirnak mission has been canceled, you have to go to Adnan Menderes Airport in a hurry." The suspects were unable to reach even the Adnan Menderes Airport and landed at Malatya/Erhac Airport.

1.31 a.m. (2231GMT)

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gets off from his helicopter at the Dalaman Airport and gets on the Presidential ATA plane.

1.39 a.m. (2239GMT)

Parliament General Assembly Hall opens. Parliament Speaker Ismail Kahraman and some members of parliament take their seats in the Parliament.

In the coup plotters’ “Peace at Home”WhatsApp group, orders and messages are received: "gatherers will be responded with fire", "the crowd, which was fired upon, has scattered".

1.43 a.m. (2243GMT)

The Presidential ATA aircraft carrying President Erdogan takes off from Dalaman Airport.

2.01 a.m. (2301GMT)

People of Kahramankazan begin to gather in front of Yenikent district and lodges of Akinci Base, which is the main center of the coup.

2.06 a.m. (2306GMT)

Transport plane departing from Kayseri and heading towards Sirnak province is not allowed to land in Sirnak and returns to Kayseri.

2.10 a.m. (2310GMT)

Two F-16s sent to Istanbul from Akinci Base.

Suspect Erdem Erdogan heads towards Istanbul in an unauthorized departure from Akinci Base with an ammunition loaded F-16. The aircraft returns to Akinci Base at 4.50 a.m. (0150GMT) the same day after flying low.

Tanker plane with the call sign Asena-02 takes off from Incirlik Base closing its electronic diagnostic recognition system. At the same time, a F-16 aircraft also flies from the Akinci Base without permission.

2.19 a.m. (2319GMT)

Eskisehir center orders NATO to close Turkish air traffic.

2.21 a.m. (2321GMT)

Civilians struggling against the coup bid enter the General Staff post and then the headquarters of the General Staff.

2.29 a.m. (2329GMT)

A F-16 jet takes off without authorization from the Akinci Base.

2.35 a.m. (2335GMT)

Turkish parliament gets bombed.

Suspected pilots Hasan Husnu Balikci and Ugur Uzunoglu of the F-16 jet named ASLAN-5 with 94-0105 tail number drop a GBU-10 bomb at the Turkish Grand National Assembly; 32 people are injured and 19.5 million Turkish liras worth of damage is inflicted.

2.47 a.m. (2357GMT)

Two transport aircraft from Kayseri, which wanted to go to Denizli Cardak Airport, directed to land at the Malatya 7th Main Jet Base Command.

3 a.m. (0000GMT)

State television TRT begins broadcasting again. Soldiers who tried to seize the TRT General Directorate building are taken into custody.

3.02 a.m. (0002GMT)

Coup plotters in their Whatsapp group say Borsa Istanbul has been taken under control and people who gathered there have been scattered.

3.10 a.m. (0010GMT)

Third statement about the Turkish Armed Forces providing control and security throughout the country gets published at Chief of Staff's website.

3.14 a.m. (0014GMT)

TURKSAT, Turkey’s Satellite Communication Cable TV and Operation, facilities get bombed. Suspect Huseyin Turk drops four MK-82 bombs on the facilities using his F-16 aircraft at 3.14 a.m. (0014GMT), 3.15 a.m. (0015GMT), 3.17 a.m. (0017GMT) and 3.19 a.m. (0019GMT).

3.15 a.m. (0015GMT)

Suspect Yavuz Istek takes off in a F-16 without permission from the Akinci Base. He makes a low flight over Ankara and crosses the sound barrier, and returns to Akinci base at 5.10 a.m. (0210GMT) the same day.

3.19 a.m. (0019GMT)

Coup plotters in their Whatsapp group ask: “Is it possible to consider air attack on the second bridge in Istanbul?”.

3.20 a.m. (0020GMT)

Presidential plane carrying Erdogan arrives in Istanbul.

3.24 a.m. (0024GMT)

Turkish parliament gets bombed for the second time.

Suspect Huseyin Turk drops two MK-82 bombs on the parliament using an F-16 at 3.24 a.m. (0024GMT) and 3.25 a.m. (0025GMT), injuring 32 people.

After the bombardment, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag speaks inside the parliament: "Mr. president, senators, we need to stay here. If we go towards shelter, people will not go outside and will think we are scared.

“We need so stay here and die. Whoever wants to leave, leave now. But in the presence of the nation, plotters will be held accountable and face judgment of the nation. No matter what they do, we are here."

3.47 a.m. (0047GMT)

"Planes really worked out for Taksim Square. It is very quiet there. Can we do the same thing to the second bridge?

“Planes are important for morale. Can air support be increased when the weather is bright?" coup plotters sat in their Whatsapp group.

4 a.m. (0100GMT)

Ankara’s Chief Public Prosecutor of the Ankara province orders detention of judicial officers associated with FETO, generals of Yurtta Sulh (Peace at Home) council and other admirals and soldiers involved in the attempted coup.

Meanwhile, coup plotters in the Whatsapp group say: "We, 17 people, are about to go to CNN for reinforcements, all of our men in the governorate have crushed the people and delivered them to the police."

4.01 a.m. (0101GMT)

Air Force Commander Lt. Gen. Hasan Huseyin Demirarslan departs from Izmir 2th Main Jet Base Command and heads toward Eskisehir.

F-16 aircraft from Akinci Base fly over Istanbul. Aircraft pilot warned he will be targeted if he does not return to Akinci Base.

4.29 a.m. (0129GMT)

Power of Akinci Base is cut off.

4.36 a.m. (0136GMT)

Prime Minister Binali Yildirim gives Lt. Gen. Ziya Kemal Kadioglu authority to shoot aircraft down. Kadioglu conveys the instruction to pilots of Erzurum and Incirlik Base.

4.40 a.m. (0140GMT)

Four F-16s, one helicopter and tanker plane fly unauthorized over Ankara.

4.42 a.m. (0142GMT)

F-16s in Erzurum and Incirlik Base fly with authority to open fire. Helicopters open fire at hotel where President Erdogan had stayed hours earlier in Marmaris province. Soldiers, who got off from helicopter carrying heavy weapons with masks, had entered the hotel and imposed a blockade.

4.45 a.m. (0145GMT)

Balikesir 9th main Jet Base Command requests written command from Eskisehir BHHM center to fly F-16 jets with authority to open fire.

4.49 a.m.

Eskisehir BHHM center orders flight cancellation upon notification by the tower that four F-4 bomber aircraft from the Jet Base Command are ready to take off.

Despite the order, Emin Ayik -- commander of Malatya Erhac 7th base -- orders four F-4 bomber aircraft to fly out; however, the jets are unable to take off due to the shutdown of the airfield by transportation planes, which came from Kayseri and Malatya.

4.54 a.m. (0154GMT)

Two F-16s from Erzurum take off with authority to open fire on hostile aircraft. The first counter-action to prevent the coup begins.

5 a.m. (0200GMT)

Tanker aircraft gets off the ground from Adana Incirlik 10th Base Command for refueling. Despite the order to not fly the plane, suspects Pilot Lt. Hizir Ozyuva, Pilot Lt. Fatih Akbulut, Pilot Staff Maj. Devrim Agiragac take off from Incirlik 10th Base Command with the Asena 03 tanker plane.

They do not follow the routes given to them and turnoff their radios during the flight, and also do not consider the broadcasts made on the guard channel and refuel the F-16 aircraft participating in the coup bid twice over Ankara.

5.02 a.m. (0202GMT)

Two F-16 aircraft from 8th Main Jet Base Command take off with authority to open fire.

5.06 a.m. (0206GMT)

Transport plane of Air Force Commander, Chief of Staff Gen. Hasan Huseyin Demirarslan, lands in Eskisehir.

Demirarslan, who was named as Air Force commander on a list prepared by the plotters, talks to Brig. Gen. Recep Unal in Eskisehir.

5.12 a.m. (0212GMT)

Malatya Erhac Airport flight crew officer reports seeing four F-4 bomber aircraft loaded with ammunition ready for take off, but which could not fly due to shutdown of the airfield by transport planes from Kayseri earlier.

5.13 a.m. (0213GMT)

F-16 aircraft from Balikesir 9th Main Jet Base Command take off with authority to open fire.

5.15 a.m. (0215GMT)

F-16 aircraft in Diyarbakir 8th Main Jet Base Command issued order to fly.

F-4 bomber aircraft from the Malatya Erhac base return to parking spots due to airfield closure.

5.24 a.m. (0224GMT)

Eskisehir BHHM center orders F-16 fleet commander, Lt. Col. Halil Ibrahim Ozdemir, to take command of the base.

5.28 a.m. (0228GMT)

Coup plotters in their Whatsapp group ask if any general has been killed.

5.31 a.m. (0231GMT)

Air defense Stinger missiles of Nakkastepe Flight Battalion Command's arsenal ordered to take their position.

5.37 a.m. (0237GMT)

Coup plotters in their Whatsapp group send message: "How is Ankara? Do everything to stay alive, Mehmet Turk stay safe brother, Don't die. We are fighting. There is a dead police. I confirm it from Ankara, just surrender!"

5.45 a.m. (0245GMT)

Four helicopters fly towards Marmaris to attack hotel where President Erdogan stayed earlier; two of the helicopters land at Imsik square.

5.47 a.m. (0247GMT)

"Murat, has the operation been cancelled? Yes it is, commander. Something asymmetrical should be done from the air, otherwise the problem may increase on the ground, we are leaving. Yes, leave commander. Where are we going to go? Should we run away?

“Commander, this is your choice to stay alive. We have not decided yet but we left the area," coup plotters say in their Whatsapp group.

5.53 a.m. (0253GMT)

"I am closing the group, delete messages," coup plotters say in their Whatsapp group.