According to various sources, July 15 is described as a planned conspiracy and purge operation targeting qualified personnel within the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK), designed to lure military personnel out of their barracks under pretexts such as a « terrorist attack, » « military exercise, » or « KOKTOD » operation and thereby entrap them. It is asserted that the alleged « Peace at Home Council (YSK), »1claimed to have been at the center of this initiative, in fact never existed and was never established, as allegedly demonstrated through court decisions and defendants’ statements. It is further argued that the subsequent process was used by the authorities to carry out mass dismissals based on previously prepared profiling lists and to facilitate a comprehensive regime change. In other words, the events of July 15 are characterized as a controlled scenario that was allegedly known in advance by senior state officials and intelligence units but was allowed to proceed so that its consequences could be utilized rather than prevented.
This report aims to examine, from legal, technical, and military customary perspectives, both the existence of the alleged « Peace at Home Council » structure, which was claimed to have been the planning and executive body behind the alleged coup attempt, and the validity of the « Martial Law Assignment (Appointment) Lists »2 ,3 attributed to this structure.