Lawmaker alleges 'trap area' at Esenboğa Airport, calls for minister's trial

A Turkish lawmaker has presented documents alleging serious security lapses and a potential cover-up at Esenboğa Airport in Ankara, stemming from an incident involving a Libyan plane. Deniz Yavuzyılmaz, a member of the Republican People's Party (CHP), claims these official documents reveal a "trap area" created at the airport, which Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdülkadir Uraloğlu has allegedly hidden from the public.

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I am sharing the documents that would cause Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdülkadir Uraloğlu to be tried by the Supreme Court! A rogue apron, cameras that don't see, a suspicious Israeli jet, a downed Libyan plane!

According to Yavuzyılmaz, meeting minutes from a HALİNKOK committee on April 30, 2026, detail issues with "Apron 5," an area designated for aircraft parking. The documents indicate that the Directorate General of State Airports Authority (DHMİ) cannot input parking information for Apron 5, leading to aircraft parking randomly. Furthermore, the Airport Control Tower and Ramp Unit cannot see Apron 5, and the area suffers from camera malfunctions, with only three problematic cameras covering the vast space.

The lawmaker alleges that on December 22, a jet carrying the Libyan Chief of General Staff was unusually directed to Apron 5, the furthest corner of the airport, instead of Apron 1, where high-ranking foreign officials typically park. The following day, an Israeli jet landed and was also directed to Apron 5. The two aircraft, considered enemies, remained on the same apron for 1 hour and 41 minutes while the Libyan crew was at a hotel, leaving the Israeli crew and passengers alone with the Libyan plane.

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The documents prove that an unsupervised 'trap area' has been created at Esenboğa Airport. The address of the trap: Esenboğa Apron 5!

Yavuzyılmaz has called for Minister Uraloğlu to face trial by the Supreme Court, accusing him of concealing facts. The lawmaker stated that these revelations expose an unsupervised "trap area" at Esenboğa Airport and violate international flight rules by parking two enemy aircraft on the same apron.

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The Libyan Chief of General Staff's jet, which landed at Esenboğa on December 22, was strangely directed not to Apron 1, where planes carrying high-ranking foreign officials are parked, but to Apron 5, the furthest corner of the airport. It was as if it was being led into a trap.