L50, seems too easy a solution to Erdogan's problems - especially when the major of Ankara knew all about it the morning straight after the coup - and that he was a member of Gulen's "parallel state". Yeah, right. Also note that the coup F-16s flew out of Akinc northwest of Ankara - a strange airbase for the F-16s which were operating on the Syrian border only 6 months before.
Cynical, moi?
https://theaviationist.com/2016/07/1...military-coup/
https://www.rt.com/news/352050-turki...arrested-su24/
...."The day after the coup attempt, the mayor of Ankara, Melih Gokcek, announced that the pilot who had shot down the Russian plane had taken part in the coup, and was a member of a secret “parallel state” organization allegedly headed by cleric Fethullah Gulen, who lives in self-exile in the US.
“It is a ‘parallel state’ that has ruined our relationship with Russia. It was an incident that involved one of the pilots of this structure, 100 percent. He was one of the participants in the coup,” the mayor told CNN Turk. Melih Gokcek stressed that “our relations with Russia have been spoiled by these villains.”.......