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Who shot down the best but disgraced
One of the participants in the military coup in Turkey was a pilot who shot down the Russian Su-24 in November 2015. This was stated by the mayor of Ankara Melikh Gökchk on the air of CNN Turk, RIA Novosti reports . According to him, the pilot was a member of the organization of the preacher Fethullah Gulen.
The Turkish authorities call this organization a "parallel state." Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the supporters of Gulen, who is currently living in the United States, of organizing a rebellion.
“It was the“ parallel state ”that ruined our relations with Russia. It was an incident in which one of the pilots of this structure participated was absolutely convinced. He was one of the participants in the coup. Until today, we did not voiced this in ourselves. But I, Melikh Gozhek, say that our attitude and Russia have spoiled these villains,” said the mayor of Ankara.
Gulen himself said that he considers Ankara’s accusations of involvement in an attempt to a coup in Turkey offensive, reports Reuters. "As a person who has experienced several military coups over the past five decades, accusations of any involvement in such an attempt are especially offensive. I am categorically rejecting these accusations," the preacher said. I most decisively condemn the attempt of a military coup in Turkey. "
On Friday evening, a military group tried to make a coup . The military announced the transfer of power in the country into their hands and the removal of the Turkish leadership. The statement emphasized that the rule of law should remain priority. The military said that they intend to restore a democratic order in the country and ensure the observance of human rights.
However, at about one in the morning, by local time, Erdogan, who had previously on vacation, came out on the air of the CNN Turk television channel from an unidentified place in the video through the iPhone. He stated that the situation in the country will be allowed "as soon as possible." The president urged the people to take the streets and confront the attempt to a coup. The population followed this call. On bridges through Bosphorus, soldiers opened fire on the crowd. However, they soon surrendered. Forces faithful to the government returned control over airports and a majority of captured buildings.
Relations between Moscow and Ankara deteriorated sharply after the Turkish Air Force on November 24, 2015 shot down the Russian Su-24 near the border with Syria. The pilot Oleg Peshkov was killed by the militants when he was descending by parachute.
According to Ankara, the aircraft violated the airspace of Turkey in the area of the border with Syria. The Russian Ministry of Defense said that the aircraft was exclusively above the Syrian territory and that "there was no violations of the Turkish airspace."