The USA keeps nuclear weapons at Incirlik. The arrested commander had to be well known to the US officers there. During the coup, elecricity supply to the base was cut off. _____
Wall Street Journal 2.png Turkey Arrests Incirlik Air Base Commander "Complicit in coup attempt" Julian E. Barnes, The Wall Street Journal, New York, 17 July 2016 Turkish officials arrested the commander of the Incirlik Air Base, which the U.S. uses to carry out airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria, for complicity in Friday's coup attempt, U.S. and Turkish officials said Sunday. A senior Turkish official said Gen. Bekir Ercan Van, the base commander, as well as 11 other service members from the base and a police officer, were placed under arrest. The arrests came after Turkish F-16s operated by plotters involved in the coup attempt to refuel from two airborne tankers operating out of the Turkish portion of the air base. It isn't clear how the arrests could affect the base. One U.S. official said Turkey moved to put another officer in charge quickly. Power cut On Saturday, power to the base was cut, forcing the U.S. portion of the facility to use backup generators. Turkish officials closed the airspace around the base on Saturday. The U.S. defence officials said Sunday that in consultation with Turkey the airspace had been reopened, allowing strikes against Islamic State militants to resume. The U.S. official said the closure of the airspace appears to be a measure put in place to prevent coup plotters from escaping. A group of officers involved in the coup attempt on Saturday flew from Turkey to Greece and requested asylum. The Incirlik base, some 60 miles from the Syrian border, is a key facility for the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State. Many of the U.S. strikes against Islamic State targets in Syria are conducted from the base. -Emre Peker and Dion Nissenbaum contributed to this article. Write to Julian E. Barnes at [email protected] From: http://www.wsj.com/articles/turkey-arrests-incirlik-air-base-commander-14687 60920 See also RT: Turkish commander of air base housing US nukes detained for complicity in coup attempt <https://www.rt.com/news/351694-incirlik-base-commender-detained/> - official "According to an agreement between Ankara and Washington, Incirlik is used by NATO and stores US tactical nuclear weapons." - RT And Sputnik: Turkey Detains Several Incirlik Air Base Servicemen on Coup Attempt Links <http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160716/1043132331/turkey-arrest-base.ht ml> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 13816 (20160717) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/yclsa-eom-forum/000c01d1e031%24bbbefb90%24333cf2b0%24%40com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
