Halil İbrahim Fırtına (born 1941 in

Ordu Ordu () or Altınordu is a port city on the Black Sea coast of Turkey and the capital of Ordu Province. The city forms the urban part of the Altınordu, Ordu, Altınordu district, with a population of 235,096 in 2023. Name Kotyora, the origina ...

, Turkey) is a retired

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and Commander of the Turkish Air Force. Fırtına retired in 2005. He was tried in the alleged "Sledgehammer" coup plan conspiracy by senior members of the Turkish armed forces. Fırtına was awarded with

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in 2006, but he declined the award.

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