13.07.2026 19:50
In the investigation into Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu led by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, links between the team that went to assassinate the President during the 2016 coup attempt and the helicopter crash have been uncovered. It has been determined that two of the most notable suspects in the file, crash team members Aydın Özsıcak and Davut Uçum, were not only part of the July 15 assassination team but also the soldiers who stole the devices from Yazıcıoğlu's helicopter.
Under the coordination of the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, highly critical details have been uncovered in the historic investigation into the helicopter crash that killed Great Unity Party (BBP) Founding Chairman Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu and five others in 2009. The investigation file, scrutinized by the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, includes a total of 28 suspects, including military pilots, crash investigation teams, police officers, and spouses of suspects. The most striking elements in the file are that individuals involved in the assassination team targeting the President during the treacherous coup attempt in 2016 also play a leading role in this file, and the striking FETÖ connections revealed through the spouses of suspects.
ASSASSINATION TEAM ALSO EMERGED AS 'THE TEAM THAT STOLE THE DEVICES' IN THE YAZICIOGLU CASE
In the Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu investigation conducted by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, the most striking details emerged from the profiles of suspects who served on the military crash investigation team. According to data in the file, it was determined that some military personnel who served in the assassination team targeting the President during the treacherous coup attempt on July 15, 2016, were the same team that had stolen critical devices from the helicopter in which Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu crashed years earlier.
In this context, two critical names under scrutiny and their suspicion statuses were recorded as follows:
Aydın Özsıcak (Non-Commissioned Officer on Military Crash Team - Dismissed): It was determined that Özsıcak, whose suspicious movements were detected just before the helicopter crash, turned off his mobile phone the day before the incident and gave no signal for four days. The dismissed non-commissioned officer, who played an active role in the 2016 assassination team, was found to be among the soldiers who dismantled and stole critical devices from the wreckage in the Yazıcıoğlu case.
Davut Uçum (Non-Commissioned Officer on Military Crash Team - Dismissed): Like Aydın Özsıcak, former Army Pilot Captain Davut Uçum, who was part of the team that went to assassinate the President during the July 15 coup attempt, had his role in the Yazıcıoğlu case clarified. Uçum was documented to be one of the military personnel who stole the critical device containing the helicopter's flight data.
SUSPECTS' SPOUSES ALSO UNDER SCRUTINY: FINGERPRINT ON FETHULLAH GÜLEN'S BOOK
The investigation is not only examining military personnel but also the spouses and family ties of the suspects. The prominent names in this context are:
Şerife Armağan: Wife of Ali Armağan, the weapons officer of the F-4 aircraft with tail number HH721 that was flying in the area on the date of the incident. It was determined that Şerife Armağan's fingerprints were found on a book belonging to terrorist organization leader M. Fethullah Gülen, and she was linked to FETÖ's Air Force Imam Adil Öksüz.
Melike Sinem Uçum: Wife of former Army Pilot Captain Davut Uçum, who was part of the assassination team targeting the President and stole the device from the helicopter. She currently works as an active internal auditor at Marmara University.
Gülseren Özsıcak: Wife of dismissed non-commissioned officer Aydın Özsıcak, who was part of the assassination team and dismantled the devices from Yazıcıoğlu's helicopter.
THE MILITARY AND CIVILIAN CRASH TEAM THAT DISMANTLED DEVICES FROM THE WRECKAGE AND FALSIFIED REPORTS
It is alleged that the military and civilian crash investigation teams that arrived at the scene after the helicopter crash acted in an organized manner to conceal evidence and steal devices.
Ferudun Seren (Head of the Accident Investigation and Research Board): It was determined that Seren, an active officer at Esenboğa Airport Chief Directorate, facilitated the dismantling of devices from the helicopter and falsified reports regarding the theft of the devices.
Nedim Bakırhan (Non-Commissioned Officer on Military Crash Team - Suspended): One of the individuals in the team that dismantled critical devices from the wreckage.
Nusret Memiş (Non-Commissioned Officer on Military Crash Team - Dismissed): The person seen in footage of the device being dismantled. It was also determined that he was the individual who dispatched soldiers from the Isparta Mountain Commando Battalion to the airport to be sent to Ankara on the night of the July 15 coup.
Ebubekir Semih Yüksekkaya (Former Army Pilot Lieutenant Colonel - Retired): The commander responsible for the compromised military crash team. He has connections with the TSK covert imam.
Cemal Şahin (Non-Commissioned Officer on Military Crash Team - Retired): Among the military personnel who dismantled materials from the helicopter. Connected to the TSK covert imam.
Halil İbrahim Açan (Non-Commissioned Officer on Military Crash Team): Among the soldiers who dismantled the devices. Suspicious phone contacts were identified with three separate individuals in the police covert structure and with company official Kenan Köksal, whom he had never met before, on March 30, 2009, the day the devices were stolen.
Suat Kaplan (Non-Commissioned Officer on Military Crash Team - Retired): Crash team member.
Bekir Çerikci (Non-Commissioned Officer on Military Crash Team): Crash team member.
Recep Ercan (Technician Non-Commissioned Officer on Military Crash Team - Retired): Crash investigation team member.
Mehmet Çağlar (Major on Military Crash Team - Retired): A major who operated under the code name 'M. Ç' in the contents of the organization's encrypted communication program ByLock.
Ersöz Sağlam (Major on Military Crash Team - Retired): Determined to have intensive contact with military covert imam Haşim Şal.
İrfan Yavuz (Captain on Military Crash Team): Crash team member.
Hikmet Tanıl (Non-Commissioned Officer Assigned to Military Crash Team - Retired): A name that was irregularly assigned to the crash team even though his name did not appear in official records.
Kerem Mumcuoğlu (Officer on Civilian Crash Investigation Team): The person who, despite having no official duty, arranged for civilian company employee Kenan Köksal to go to the wreckage site in his place.
Kenan Köksal (Company Official): An employee of the company from which the helicopter was leased, who went to the scene with Feridun Seren's team despite not being on the official crash investigation team. He has connections with three separate individuals in the police covert structure.
Mehmet Sevdim (Civilian Crash Team Member): The person who went to the crash site with Kenan Köksal and took the ELT device, which determines the status of the devices, to Kahramanmaraş.
PILOTS AND COMMANDERS OF FIGHTER JETS FLYING IN THE AREA ON THE DAY OF THE INCIDENT
Among the suspects are also the pilots of the jets that were flying in the area during the hours of the helicopter crash and are alleged to have caused the air activity leading to the crash:
Ali Armağan (Air Force Commander Chief of Staff - Stripped of Rank): The weapons officer of the F-4 aircraft with tail number HH721 flying in the area at the time of the incident.
It was determined that he was in contact with Adil Öksüz, the Imam of the FETÖ Air Forces.
Tezcan Kaymaz (Air Force Pilot Colonel - Retired): F-16 pilot who was flying at the scene on the date of the incident.
Nihat Biçer (Air Force Pilot Colonel - Retired): Military pilot who, on the day of the incident, conducted a local flight at the scene with Ali Armağan in an F-4 aircraft.
Ahmet Turhan (Military Pilot): One of the pilots who flew together at the scene with an F-4 aircraft on the day of the incident.
Sedat Kılıçaslan (Military Pilot - Retired): F-16 pilot who was flying at the scene on the date of the incident.
Fatih Bengi: Commander of the Malatya 2nd Army Aviation Regiment at the time.
POLICE OFFICERS WHO PREVENTED ACCESS TO THE WRECKAGE AND WERE CAUGHT AS MOSSAD AGENTS
The investigation also includes the intelligence officers of the time who sabotaged search and rescue efforts.
Dursun Özmen (Former Kahramanmaraş Intelligence Branch Director - Dismissed): Police chief who, on the day of the incident, sabotaged access to the accident site by causing false news to spread to the public that "Yazıcıoğlu was rescued and being taken to the hospital," and deliberately prevented access to the injured and the wreckage.
İsmail Kaya (Police Officer Serving in the Kahramanmaraş Intelligence Branch at the Time - Dismissed): Person who, on the date of the incident, ensured the distribution of fake and false information notes prepared by Dursun Özmen to other provinces. Information that Kaya was later caught as a MOSSAD agent in subsequent operations was included in the file.
This comprehensive investigation by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office into 28 suspects continues to lift the dark veil over the Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu incident.