Halil İbrahim Fırtına (born 1941 in Ordu, Turkey) is a retired Turkish Air Force general 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.Ex-military chiefs decide to sing same refrain Today's Zaman, 6 January 2010Deputy launches campaign for investigation of coup plot Today's Zaman, 12 May 2008Grove, Thomas. Turkish commanders testify in plot probe Reuters, 5 December 2009
Fırtına was awarded with Legion d'honneur in 2006, but he declined the award.
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