(FILES) This file photo taken on October 14, 2014 shows Turkish Chief of General Staff Operations Department Erdal Ozturk listening while to the US president make a statement for the press after a meeting at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. Turkey detained general Erdal Ozturk, commander of the Third Army, on July 16, 2016, after a bloody coup attempt aiming to oust the government. Turkish authorities wrested back control of the country on July 16, after crushing a military coup by discontented soldiers seeking to seize power from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that claimed more than 250 lives. / AFP PHOTO / BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI