The junta regime would have allowed the U.S. military to establish a military base near the Syrian border, if the coup didn't fail, sources said.
As millions of Turks continue to swarm to the streets after foiling a military coup attempt, shocking information about coup planners and their masterminds continue to be revealed.
The CIA's 'Safari' Team of coup schemers
Sources close to the investigators of the failed coup attempt said the CIA established a special team with the code name of “Safari" to operate the coup plot process.
General John F. Campbell, a former US commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), organized meetings and preparations that lasted over eight-and-half-a-months before the Turkey coup.
Campbell was the head of the Turkey leg of the “Safari" special team established by CIA for commanding junta in Turkey.
US Commander Campbell: The man behind the failed coup in Turkey
A former U.S. commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), a NATO-led security mission in Afghanistan, was the organizer of the July 15 military coup attempt in Turkey, sources said. General John F. Campbell was one of the top figures who organized and managed the soldiers behind the failed coup attempt in Turkey, sources close to ongoing legal process of pro-coup detainees said. Campbell also managed more than $2 billion money transactions via UBA Bank in Nigeria by using CIA links to distribute among the pro-coup military personnel in Turkey. The ongoing investigation unveiled that Campbell had paid at least two secret visits to Turkey since May, until the day of the coup attempt. The coup plot that was foiled by the comprehensive effort of Turkish Nation, including its citizens, politicians, media and police forces, was organized by the Fethullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) led-by so-called cleric Fethullah Gülen who has been living in self-exile in America for several years. American Intelligence, Military and other institutions are accused of supporting the FETO leader Gülen and his gangs for the military coup. Turkey urges US to prevent Gülen from dodging laws US knows Gülen behind failed coup: Turkish minister Military sources said Campbell, who was the commander of ISAF between August 26, 2014 and May 1, 2016, had made some top secret meetings in Erzurum military base and Adana İnicrlik Airbase. İncirlik Airbase has been used by the U.S. Military for conducting the anti-Daesh campaign in Syria. Military sources said that Campbell was the man, who directed the process of trending / blacklisting the military officers in the base. If the coup attempt was successful, Campbell would visit Turkey in a short time, according to the sources. Transition of $2 billion from Nigeria to Turkey The Nigeria branch of the United Bank of Africa (UBA) was the main base for the last six-months of money transactions for the coup plotters. Millions of dollars of money has been transferred from Nigeria to Turkey by a group of CIA personnel. The money, which has been distributed to an 80-person special team of the CIA, was used to convince pro-coup generals. More than 2 billion dollars were distributed during the process leading to the coup. After taking money from their bank accounts, the CIA team hand delivered it to the terrorists under the military dresses.Categorizing the military officersThe sources said that some familiar figures in the Eastern and Southeastern part of the country had taken active roles during the process, while the members of the Gülenist gang have been used in central and eastern region. All officers who command a group of soldiers in a patrol station, unit, company, regiment, brigade, division, corps, or army were kept in close surveillance. In 2015, the pro-Gülenist officers in the İncirlik base established an investigation desk. They drew the map of all soldiers under their command. They investigated the soldiers' trends, their personalities and family background. Gülen’s case to be ‘very high priority’: US ambassador All soldiers were categorized in three groups: opponents, neutrals, and supporters. A commander from the smallest patrol station to all military units had been blacklisted under the process. Soldiers who were marked as opponents to the junta, was debarred from the “financial support.” The military personnel who were in a neutral position received a difference in the amount of money, according to the importance of their position and ranks. The money transactions were started in March 2015 through the commissioned “courier”. The supports who also were categorized as “those who will move with us,” were provided a huge amount of money. All soldiers and officers in this category were considered as the devoted members of the FETO terror group. A bag with a large amount of money was found in the room of Brigadier General Mehmet Dişli, one of the top military officials detained for leading the coup attempt. Clash of Kings, QQ used by Turkey coup plotters for communication
Though Campbell formally retired from his post in March this year, he has been running the U.S. military's secret agenda in Turkey.
He was commissioned to lead the Turkey operation for an extra two years, the sources said.
Campbell was working as the middle man / mediator between parties. He held several meetings both with the Junta in Turkey and CIA authorities in the U.S.
According to military sources, the coup plotters agreed to allow the U.S. authority to stablish a U.S. military base at the Turkey-Syria border.
The new military base would have been furnished with more advanced technology, making it more capable of extensive tasks than the İncirlik airbase in the southeastern province of Adana.
Putschist also promised to upset the balances in the area by blocking Russia in a military and economic manner after establishing a coup regime in Turkey in the second half of 2016.
According to the plan, Turkey would have been designed by the U.S. and the country would have been under Washington's full control.
If they had failed to take full control, then the second plan would have been implemented: turning Turkey into a new Syria.
Moreover, the Syrian opposition group would have also been re-structured according to the U.S. directions, and the FETÖ junta would have been handling them, if the coup in Turkey had succeeded.
FETÖ and CIA hand in hand for coup in Turkey
A group of Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETÖ) terrorists inside the Turkish military attempted a coup on July 15, as they took control of some strategic points and state buildings by tanks, helicopters and fighter jets.
Turks across the country poured to the streets and ran through the bullets and bombs to protect their country, democracy and future.
The coup attempt failed, but the Turks' voices are still being raised from the streets and squares, where millions continue their “democracy watch", to punish the coup plotters including the coup leader Fetullah Gülen.
Erdoğan: Turkey abides by refugee deal with EU
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Monday that the coup attempt 15 July would not change Ankara's commitment to a refugee deal with the European Union (EU). “Turkey stands by its commitment with regard to refugees," Erdoğan said in an interview with German ARD television. Turkey and the EU signed the deal March 18, which aims to discourage irregular migration through the Aegean Sea by taking stricter measures against human traffickers and improving conditions of nearly 3 million Syrian refugees in Turkey. The deal included a 6 billion euro ($6.8 billion) aid package to help Turkey care for millions of refugees hosted in the country. “Ask them [the EU]. Did you pay? But Turkey still hosts 3 million people. What would Europe do if we let these people go to Europe," Erdogan asked. Hosting the most Syrian refugees in the world, Erdogan told ARD television that Turkey has spent nearly $12 billion from the state budget to care for them since the beginning of the Syrian crisis in 2011. He said the European Union has provided just 2 billion euros for the refugees and stressed that Turkey would continue to take care Syrian refugees even if the European Union does not provide financial help. During the interview, Erdogan criticized Europe for doing little in the face of terrorism. Saying that Ankara has fought against terror in the last 30-35 years, he accused Berlin of “seriously supporting" the PKK terror group. “I handed over 4,000 dossiers to [German leader Angela Merkel]. When I asked her 'what did you do?' she told me judicial process is underway," Erdoğan said. He said terrorists have continued to live in Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, adding that although Turkey has provided intelligence on these people, they have not been handed over. He called on Europe for a joint effort against terror. The PKK -- listed as a terrorist organization also by the U.S. and the EU -- resumed its 30-year armed campaign against the Turkish state in July 2015. Since then, nearly 600 security personnel, including troops, police officers and village guards have been martyred and more than 7,700 PKK terrorists killed in operations across Turkey and northern Iraq. On terror attacks in Europe, Erdogan said while condemning them, he would not accept the label “Islamic terror." Such label, according to Erdoğan, would be an insult to all Muslims. On a question regarding the government mulling bringing back death penalty for plotters of the deadly July 15 coup, Erdogan said in democracies the decision rested with the people, pointing out that the capital punishment was being practiced in many democratic countries outside Europe.
Gülen, a so-called cleric based in Pennsylvania, U.S., was the leader of FETÖ terror group. He organized the coup in Turkey by moving his terrorists hiding in Turkish state institutions, mainly judiciary, police and military.
Despite Ankara's repeatedly calling on Washington to extradite Gülen, the U.S. authority continues rejecting it and backing Gülen.
Sources from the Turkish government authority said that it's clear that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) orchestrated the coup attempt with Gülen.