According to reports, Batmaz was one of the people who accompanied Adil Öksüz during his trip to the United States to visit Gülenist terror cult (FETÖ) leader Fetullah Gülen in Pennsylvania.
He is currently held in custody, under the scope of a probe by Ankara Public Prosecutor`s Office, which issued detention warrants for a total of 12 suspects who allegedly participated in the coup attempt.

The two men reportedly went to the U.S. on July 11 and returned on July 13, two days before the coup attempt.

Batmaz was the previous CEO of FETÖ-linked Kaynak Paper Company and is assumed to be one of the `civilian masterminds` behind the failed coup attempt.

Footage from Akıncılar Air Base which was used as headquarter by coup plotters on July 15 shows a high-ranking soldier saluting Batmaz.

Moreover, like Öksüz, Batmaz also said in his testimony that he was in Kazan district –where Akıncılar Air Base is located- to look for a plot of land to buy.

FETÖ operates with a secretive structure, with leaders and representatives at the district, provincial and national levels who both act as insiders and decision-makers steering the movement. They face heightened scrutiny after being accused of masterminding the failed coup attempt to topple the democratically-elected government of Turkey.

Since 2013, Gülenists have declared war on Turkey and have attempted three coups, through agents who infiltrated Turkish state institutions, including the judiciary, police, military and civil service.

FETÖ is designated as a national threat and terrorist cult, and stands accused of a long sheet of crimes, the latest being the July 15 coup attempt. FETÖ members are standing trial charged with illegal wiretapping of thousands of people, sham trials to imprison critics of FETÖ, money laundering, blackmail, extortion and forgery exploiting infiltrators within the police, judiciary, bureaucracy and military.

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