1995 Azerbaijani coup attempt
1995 Azerbaijani coup d'état attempt | |||||||
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Part of the Post-Soviet conflicts | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Government of Azerbaijan
Supported by:Government of Turkey | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Rovshan Javadov † |
Heydar Aliyev Safar Abiyev Supported by: Süleyman Demirel | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
8 putschist police officers killed |
23 pro-government forces killed (22 soldiers and 1 police officer) 7 wounded |
The 1995 Azerbaijani coup d'état attempt, also known as the Turkish coup in Baku,
Events
On 12 December 1994 a team of people, including
According to the newspaper Yeni Şafak, the coup was directed by Turkish colonel Necabettin Ergenekon, while he was allegedly the commander of the Adıyaman Gendarmerie Regiment. However, other newspapers report that he retired in 1982 from the Adıyaman Martial Law Command (Turkish: Adıyaman Sıkıyönetim Komutanlığı).[7] Yeni Şafak also alleged that Elchibey is related to Turkish General Veli Küçük.[8]
The coup was foiled after the MİT tipped off President Süleyman Demirel on 10 March 1995 and he called Aliyev.[9] On 17 March 1995, units of Azerbaijani Armed Forces surrounded the insurgents in their camp and assaulted it, killing Javadov.[4]
Motivations
According to a 1996 MİT report, Turkish prime minister Tansu Çiller gave minister Ayvaz Gökdemir, police chief Mehmet Ağar, İbrahim Şahin, and Korkut Eken the green light to install Elçibey as president.[6][10] Elçibey was an ideological ally of Turkish Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) politician Alparslan Türkeş, who harbored aspirations of creating a Turkic state stretching across the Caucasus. Türkeş' support of the coup attempt also provoked a diplomatic crisis between Turkey and Azerbaijan, and the latter country officially requested a statement refuting the section of the report dealing with the attempted coup.[11]
The 1996 Susurluk report (following the
Later press reports claimed that the Ergenekon gang, of which General Veli Küçük is a suspected member, was responsible for the coup attempt, indicating a relationship between Susurluk and Ergenekon.[12]
Bibliography
- ISBN 978-0-8147-1945-9.
- 1998 Report (PDF) (Report). Ankara: Human Rights Foundation of Turkey. 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2009. (contains the Susurluk reports in the annex, and material on the Counter-Guerrilla) (in English)
References
- ^ de Waal 2003, p. 252.
- ^ a b de Waal 2003, p. 295.
- ^ (HRFT 1998, p. 48)
- ^ a b Los Angeles Times, 18 March 1995, Azerbaijan Coup Attempt Crushed Caucasus: Loyal forces storm a building and overcome mutinous police units, president reports.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Bu oyunun adı üç maymunlar". Yorum. Radikal (in Turkish). 25 June 1998. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
KGB'nin adamıyken CIA'ya kayan ve çok taraflı çalışmalarıyla dikkat çeken Ruşen Cevadov'a Azerbaycan'da darbe yaptırılmasına kalkışmaktır.
- ^ a b (HRFT 1998, p. 49)
- ^ Dönmez, Ahmet (19 July 2008). "Veli Küçük'ün komutanı Ergenekon: Vatan hainleri soyadımı kirletti". Zaman (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2008.
- ^ Arslan, Saban (24 December 2008). "Üzeyir Garih'in ipi Aliyev'e darbe planında çekildi". Gündem. Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 25 December 2008.
- Turkish Daily News. Archived from the originalon 14 January 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2008.
- ^ Savumlu, Serpil; Doğan, Şahin (4 November 2006). "Susurluk'tan 10 yıl sonra". Gündem. Evrensel (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 3 July 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2008.
- ^ a b (HRFT 1998, p. 50)
- ^ "Report: Garih's execution warrant issued in 1995". Today's Zaman. 17 December 2008. Archived from the original on 18 July 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2008.
This was at a time when the Ergenekon organization was trying to overthrow late Azerbaijani President Haydar Aliyev and reinstate Elçibey, who was ousted in 1993 in a coup d'état.