Those convicted included İncirlik 10th Tanker Base commander, former brigadier general Bekir Ercan Van; former brigadier general Kemal Mutlum, who tried to seize the Air Force Operations Center; former brigadier general Aydemir Taşçı, who was the head of the Air Force Intelligence; former colonel Veysel Kavak, who was the secretary general of the Air Force Command; the 141st Fleet commander of the period, and the former four-star general and commander of the Turkish Air Force Akın Öztürk’s son-in-law former lieutenant colonel Hakan Karakuş; former pilot lieutenant colonel Hasan Hüsnü Balıkçı, who bombed the Turkish Grand National Assembly; former major Mehmet Fatih Çavur, who made the first flight in a F-16 over Ankara in the coup attempt; former pilot captain Hüseyin Türk who bombed the Turkish Parliament, TÜRKSAT, and the Police Special Operation Department; and former captains Mustafa Mete Kaygusuz and Ahmet Tosun, who sent the bombing instructions to the F-16s.
