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Akıncı Air Base

Ankara, Turkey

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Ankara · 06 · Turkey

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40.079°, 32.566° · 2767 ft elev.

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Strategic Turkish Air Force base near Ankara.

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Ankara, Turkey

Akıncı Air Base, designated ICAO code LTAE, is a major military airfield located northwest of Ankara, Turkey. It serves as a key installation of the Turkish Air Force and has historically hosted advanced combat aircraft and units. The base gained international attention during the July 2016 coup attempt in Turkey, when it served as a command center for coup plotters. Following the failed coup, significant command and operational changes were implemented at the facility. Akıncı is not open to civilian commercial traffic and functions exclusively as a military installation. It has hosted various NATO exercises and is considered one of Turkey's strategically important air bases.

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›Akıncı Air Base served as a command hub for the July 15, 2016 coup attempt against the Turkish government.
›The base is located approximately 30 kilometers northwest of central Ankara.
›It is an exclusively military facility operated by the Turkish Air Force.
›The base has hosted F-16 Fighting Falcon units of the Turkish Air Force.
›Following the 2016 coup attempt, the base underwent significant restructuring and security changes.

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Mürted Airfield Command (Turkish: Mürted Hava Meydan Komutanlığı, formerly Mürted Air Base, Mürted Hava Üssü, Akıncı Air Base, Akıncı Hava Üssü, was an air base of the Turkish Air Force located 35 km northwest of Ankara, Turkey. During the July 2016 coup d'état attempt the air base was used by pro-coup soldiers, and government forces bombed runway thresholds to prevent pro-coup forces from landing or taking off. Following the failed coup, Akıncı Air Base was redesignated with its former name, Mürted, and it was suggested the facility be converted to a memorial or a park.

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