 The identities of Turkish SOF personal is classified.Unlike other special operations teams, Turkish SOF Officers are battle hardened and are constantly operating and are active in the war on the PKK in the southeastern Iraqi border region of Turkey and even cross-border action into Northern Iraq.Operate against the terrorist organizations' executive positions and critical points across the border.In the countries where the conditions of war are continuing, in order to protect the embassies and in the defense of the region in case of any attack, the foreign team who knows the language of the country and has experience in the region is assigned.They allow the friendly forces to move more comfortably by infiltrating the regions to be operated in advance, marking critical units and units and marking them ineffective, and gathering discovery and intelligence in hostile territory.A key figure of the coup was brigadier general Semih Terzi, who was Deputy Commander of the Special Forces at the time and the highest ranking field commander during the coup attempt.