1995 Azerbaijani coup attempt

Failed coup with some Turkish backing May 2023 1995 Azerbaijani coup d'état attempt the Post-Soviet conflicts 13–17 March 1995de Waal 2003 295HRFT 1998 48 Baku, Azerbaijan Coup failed Flag of Azerbaijan (1991–2013).svg Special Purpose Police UnitTurkish putschistsSupported by: Flag of the Nationalist Movement Party.svg Nationalist Movement Partyde Waal 2003 252 Flag of Azerbaijan (1991–2013).svg Government of Azerbaijan Azerbaijani Armed Forces logo.svg Azerbaijani Armed Forces Supported by: Turkey Government of Turkey Russia Azerbaijan 1991 Rovshan Javadov Azerbaijan 1991 Heydar AliyevAzerbaijan 1991 Safar AbiyevSupported by:Turkey Süleyman DemirelRussia Boris Yeltsin 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,de Waal 2003 295 was a coup d'état attempt by members of the Azerbaijani military, led by Colonel Rovshan Javadov at the head of a detachment of Special Purpose Police Unit (OPON). The group aimed to take control of the country from president Heydar Aliyev and reinstall former president Abulfaz Elchibey. The coup was foiled when the Turkish President Süleyman Demirel became aware of elements in Turkey supporting the plot, and called Aliyev to warn him. On 17 March 1995, units of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces surrounded the insurgents' camp and assaulted it, killing Colonel Javadov. Reports in Turkey following the 1996 Susurluk scandal elaborated on support for the coup from elements in Turkey. Events On 12 December 1994 a team of people, including Korkut Eken (Turkish National Intelligence Organization, MİT), İbrahim Şahin and Ayhan Çarkın (Turkish Police Special Operations Department) and Abdullah Çatlı (contract killer), traveled from Turkey to Azerbaijan in order to train a unit of 60 OPON police officers for the coup. They were invited by OPON commander Rovshan Javadov, a KGB defector to the CIA, who also directed the abortive coup.http://www.radikal.com.tr/1998/06/25/yorum/buo.html 2008-12-29 Bu oyunun adı üç maymunlar Yorum 1998-06-25 tr Radikal KGB'nin adamıyken CIA'ya kayan ve çok taraflı çalışmalarıyla dikkat çeken Ruşen Cevadov'a Azerbaycan'da darbe yaptırılmasına kalkışmaktır. The KGB/FSB and CIA closely monitored events. 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 (tr Adıyaman Sıkıyönetim Komutanlığı).http://www.zaman.com.tr/haber.do?haberno=715853&title=veli-kucukun-komutani-ergenekon-vatan-hainleri-soyadimi-kirletti 2008-12-25 Veli Küçük'ün komutanı Ergenekon: Vatan hainleri soyadımı kirletti Zaman 2008-07-19 Ahmet Dönmez tr dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081011041058/http://zaman.com.tr/haber.do?haberno=715853&title=veli-kucukun-komutani-ergenekon-vatan-hainleri-soyadimi-kirletti 11 October 2008 Yeni Şafak also alleged that Elchibey is related to Turkish General Veli Küçük.http://yenisafak.com.tr/Gundem/?t=24.12.2008&i=156509 2008-12-25 Üzeyir Garih'in ipi Aliyev'e darbe planında çekildi Gündem Yeni Şafak 2008-12-24 Saban Arslan tr 26 February 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150226125139/http://www.yenisafak.com.tr/Gundem/?t=24.12.2008&i=156509 dead The coup was foiled after the MİT tipped off President Süleyman Demirel on 10 March 1995 and he called Aliyev.http://arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=-501919 https://archive.today/20130114053340/http://arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=-501919 dead 2013-01-14 2008-12-11 'Traffic Monster' reveals state-mafia relations Turkish Daily News Hürriyet 1996-11-06 Aslaneli, Hakan Yoruk, Zafer F On 17 March 1995, units of Azerbaijani Armed Forces surrounded the insurgents in their camp and assaulted it, killing Javadov.Los Angeles Times, 18 March 1995, https://archive.today/20130718164551/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/22723287.html?dids=22723287:22723287&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+18,+1995&author=SONNI+EFRON&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext Azerbaijan Coup Attempt Crushed Caucasus: Loyal forces storm a building and overcome mutinous police units, president reports. 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 Elchibey as president.HRFT 1998 49http://www.evrensel.net/06/11/04/gundem.html#4 2008-12-23 Susurluk'tan 10 yıl sonra Gündem Evrensel tr 2006-11-04 Savumlu, Serpil Doğan, Şahin https://web.archive.org/web/20090703082049/http://www.evrensel.net/06/11/04/gundem.html#4 3 July 2009 dead Elchibey 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.HRFT 1998 50 The 1996 Susurluk report (following the Susurluk scandal) said that Prime Minister Çiller's chief counselors, Acar Okan and Süleyman Kamil Yüceoral, were involved in the coup attempt. Susurluk Commission member Fikri Sağlar argued that the purpose of the coup was to secure the narcotics route from Afghanistan. Sağlar pointed out that Yüceoral was involved in paying Afghan warlord Rashid Dostum from a slush fund. 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.http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?load=detay&link=161485 https://archive.today/20130718200546/http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?load=detay&link=161485 dead 2013-07-18 2008-12-26 Report: Garih's execution warrant issued in 1995 2008-12-17 Today's Zaman 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. Bibliography de Waal Thomas Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and War 2003 New York University Press New York 978-0-8147-1945-9 Thomas de Waal http://www.tihv.org.tr/tihve/data/Yayinlar/Human_Rights_Reports/Ra1998HumanRigthsReport.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20090205022400/http://www.tihv.org.tr/tihve/data/Yayinlar/Human_Rights_Reports/Ra1998HumanRigthsReport.pdf 2009-02-05 1998 Report 2000 Ankara Human Rights Foundation of Turkey CITEREFHRFT1998 (contains the Susurluk reports in the annex, and material on the Counter-Guerrilla) en References Coup d'etat attempt Category:March 1995 in Asia Category:March 1995 in Europe Category:1990s coups d'état 1995 Category:Attempted coups d'état in Asia Category:Attempted coups d'état in Europe Category:Conflicts in territory of the former Soviet Union Category:Rebellions in Azerbaijan Category:Susurluk scandal Category:Grey Wolves (organization) Coup d'etat attempt Category:Fascist revolts