He was stripped of all his military ranks and indicted for offences against public order, terrorism, conspiracy and treason.

In 1981, he was assigned to the 1st MJB in Eskişehir where he served as Squadron Officer and Standardization and Evaluation Branch Chief.

Between 1993 and 1996 he served as Project Officer and Branch Chief in Training Department at Turkish Air Headquarters.

After his promotion to brigadier general in 2000, he served as Chief of Training Department in Air Force Headquarters for two years and as the Commander of 9th MJB until 2004.

In his statement to the prosecutor, he claimed that he happened to be on the airbase visiting his grandchildren (his son-in-law is a pilot stationed there) and, having learned of the coup attempt, successfully dissuaded the plotters from continuing with their plans and personally rescued two senior, loyal officers who were being held at the base.

[10] In 2025 the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention demanded his release after Öztürk was denied fair trial.