A/HRC/37/50/Add.2 United States in small installments by using the names of 147 people who worked in different FETÖ owned companies. The installments were around 10.000-15.000 Dollars. In some cases, the “sender” was not even aware that his name was used by the organization. The scheme was a typical “smurf transaction”, a method used for money laundering purposes by criminal organizations. Upon these findings, a judicial investigation was initiated against those involved in the transaction. 22 people were detained. The 15 July Coup Attempt It is clear that FETÖ was behind the coup attempt in Turkey. It was led by a network of military officers of varying ranks who are affiliated with the Group. It was also supported by non-military individuals and groups known to be affiliated to Gülen. Presence of FETO members in the military had been suspected for a long time. Ahmet Zeki Üçok, a military prosecutor, carried out a comprehensive investigation into the Gülenists in the armed forces in 2009. He discovered a large secret network within the army. He identified many members of this organization by their names. However, he could not complete his investigation as he was detained on the grounds that he tortured certain witnesses by “hypnotizing” them and also as part of the Sledgehammer case. He spent almost five years in prison. Immediately after the botched coup attempt, he publicly declared that the leaders of the coup matched perfectly the list that he had prepared in 2009. Referring to the F-16s that bombed the Turkish parliament he recalled the words of nowretired Col. Selçuk Başyiğit, : “We are now very strong. We have F-16s, F-4s that will take off with a single order of Fethullah Gülen.” Üçok’s findings were corroborated by many soldiers who fought against the coup attempt or by those soldiers who were the victims of the Sledgehammer case. There are other crucial findings pointing to direct FETÖ involvement in the coup attempt. Testimony of Chief of General Staff On the night of 15 July, as the coup was progressing, Gülenist officers leading the coup urged General Hulusi Akar, Chief of General Staff, to speak directly to Fethullah Gülen, hoping to persuade him to join them, according to General Akar. Testimony of Lt. Col. Levent Türkkan, aide-de-camp of the Chief of General Staff Lt. Col. Levent Türkkan has been the aide of the Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar and the former Chief of Staff for many years. On the eve of the coup plot, he was among those plotters who apprehended General Akar forcefully at the General Staff Headquarters. After the coup was thwarted, Lt. Col. Türkkan was taken into detention. In his testimony, he has confessed his affiliation with the Fethullah Gülen group and explained in detail how the coup attempt was orchestrated. According to his testimony, he confessed being a member of the Gülen Movement since young age. He passed the military school examinations in 1989, with the help of the organization that provided the test questions to him one night before the examination. He obeyed the orders of FETO after becoming the aid to the top military commander, such as wiretapping both the present and former Chiefs of Staff on a regular basis. He revealed the names of other Gülen-linked officers, including the Chief of the Cabinet who actively took part in the coup attempt. 34