He was in NATO Headquarters/Norfolk-USA when the failed coup attempt started in Turkey on 15 July 2016. He was being called by the ruling party AKP during ongoing series of purges enabled by a state of emergency after the 15 July failed coup d'état. His duty and service ended with an emergency decree on 29 July 2016 with more than 200K Turkish military service, as well as various civil servants and private businesses. He could not turn back to his country. Residing in the US