The episode, titled “The untold Naval Forces,” was the seventh installment of Nesin’s “Statements of the exiled colonel” series. The program focused on claims that senior military officers set traps, ordered ships out of port and disappeared for an hour after issuing critical instructions.
Nesin presented the interview as part of a broader effort to revisit July 15 from perspectives he said were excluded from Turkey’s government-controlled media narrative.
Ankara blames the coup attempt on the Gülen movement, a transnational civic initiative inspired by Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, and designates the movement as a terrorist organization. The movement denies involvement.
Focus on the Navy’s disputed role
The program description said Nesin and Demirtaş examined the Naval Forces dimension of July 15, asking which senior officer allegedly set traps and who ordered ships to leave their ports.
The framing suggested that the episode treated the Navy not as a marginal part of the coup-attempt cases but as an area where the movement of vessels, the timing of orders and later legal accusations deserved closer scrutiny.
The title “The untold Naval Forces” reflected Nesin’s claim that the public had not been given a full account of what happened within the Navy that night.
Orders and disappearance claim
The description also asked which officer gave orders and then disappeared for one hour.
Without the full transcript, the specific officer and allegation cannot be summarized from the supplied material alone. But the question indicates that the episode focused on command responsibility, timing and possible gaps in the official account of naval orders.
The program appeared to ask whether some ships and personnel were moved in ways that later allowed them to be accused of involvement in the coup attempt.
Hour-by-hour naval traffic
Nesin’s description said the program reconstructed naval traffic “hour by hour,” suggesting a detailed chronology of ship movements on July 15.
That chronology was presented as central to understanding which vessels were at sea, who gave orders, how those orders were communicated and how later judicial narratives were built around those movements.
The program’s framing suggested that Demirtaş challenged the official interpretation of those movements and argued that some naval officers may have been caught in a prearranged trap.
Controlled media narrative challenged
The description urged viewers to listen carefully, saying the interview would show events from an angle they had not seen before.
Nesin said viewers would understand how much remained unknown and how controlled media had directed and shaped public opinion about July 15.
The program was part of a series in which Nesin and Demirtaş examined developments before and after the coup attempt, including military orders, post-coup prosecutions and the role of media narratives in shaping public perception.
Series promises continued scrutiny
Nesin said the interview series with Demirtaş would continue and described the remarks as likely to generate debate.
He said he would keep writing and speaking about July 15 until all facts about the coup attempt were revealed.
The video below presents Ahmet Nesin’s interview with Col. Hüseyin Demirtaş on the Turkish Navy, ship movements, disputed orders and claims that some officers were drawn into a trap on the night of July 15.
