Special Forces Command in Ankara

The Special Forces Commander Lieutenant Gen. Zekai Aksakallı, who commanded anti-coup forces during the July 15 attempt and the Operation Euphrates Shield in Syria, was reshuffled to command the Second Army Corps in the western region of Gelibolu.

The appointments that had not come into effect with the Supreme Military Council (YAŞ) were announced in the Official Gazette on Aug. 19.

The Turkish Patent Institute has patented the name of Ömer Halisdemir, a non-commissioned Turkish officer who was killed during last year's coup attempt after resisting a raid by Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ)-linked soldiers at the Special Forces Command in Ankara.

The failed July 2016 coup would have been revealed immediately if personnel had been ordered to stay in their military barracks on that day, Special Forces Commander Lt. Gen. Zekai Aksakallı has said in his testimony as a witness into the killing of anti-coup soldier Ömer Halisdemir, who has been idolized for his actions during a raid on the Special Forces Command in Ankara.

The second hearing of the case into the attempted takeover of the Special Forces Command in Ankara's Gölbaşı district during the July 15, 2016 failed coup attempt was held on March 1, with the participation of the wife and brothers of anti-coup soldier Ömer Halisdemir, who has been idolized for his resistance during a raid on the command. 

A court has ruled for Special Forces Commander Lt. Gen. Zekai Aksakallı to testify as a witness in the case into the killing of anti-coup soldier Ömer Halisdemir, who has been idolized for his resistance during a raid on the Special Forces Command in Ankara. 

The trial for the killing of a Turkish anti-coup soldier, who has been idolized for his resistance during a raid on the Special Forces Command in Ankara before he was killed by coup plotting soldiers, has started.