Hilmi Özkök (born 1940), the 24th Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces
"a move aimed at fanning unrest in the country", while the Chief of the General Staff of the Republic of Turkey, General Hilmi Özkök, said that the protests should "not remain the reaction of just one day, a one-off event. ... It must gain permanence, as something continuous. It must be pursued by everyone."