Coup panel report is cover up for ruling AKP: Opposition parties

Opposition parties that have members in a parliamentary investigation commission into the July 15, 2016, coup attempt are expected to file an objection against a draft report over claims that it was not reflecting the truth and worked as a cover up for the political leg of the coup. 

"This draft report, released by the commission's chairman, Reşat Petek, hides the political leg of a controlled coup attempt and is used to smear innocent individuals and institutions," main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy chairman Aykut Erdoğdu said in a press conference with CHP commission members Aytun Çıray, Zeynel Emre and Sezgin Tanrıkulu on May 29 - to mark the opposition's dissent to the report.

"It is a report to whitewash, hide and mask the political leg of the coup," Erdoğdu said. 

CHP members also criticized the publication of the report, saying that opposition members were given a very limited time to review the draft. The preparation was organized by AKP members.

"The report is done by AKP members of the commission because we've only seen the report at the press conference, without even seeing it before," Çıray told radio channel RS FM on May 28.

"They gave us five days to contribute to the report that they prepared in three months," Çıray added.

Criticizing the limited time given to the opposition parties to assess the report, the CHP and the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) are currently in preparation to file an objection against the report.

"This report had been prepared by 31 experts in five months. We were expected to respond to it in five working days. Today, the HDP and the MHP [Nationalist Movement Party] will apply for the extension of the duration. If it will not extend, we will...