Deputy Chairman of the ruling Justice and Development party Ahmet Edip Ugur stated that Turan Comez — former party MP and ex-assistant to Turkish Premier (acting as Premier most useful second) planned to head the government after coup.

According to CNNTurk, Comez initiated treason when realized he will fail to become MP. He united with groups planning to stage coup d’etat and demanded premier's post.

Turan Comez was expelled from Justice and Development for insulting the party in April 2008, thereafter in July court delivered a judgment on his arrest in frames of Ergenekon case. However, former MP fled to UK.

Comez paid the tribute to the Genocide victims' memory holding a minute of silence upon of one of the Armenian student's demand participating in TV show in Yerevan.

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