Turkish prosecutors investigating military and justice ministries order arrest of 228 people over suspected links to FETO terror group
Security forces launch operation to capture terror group suspects who infiltrated Turkey’s Justice Ministry.
Turkish prosecutors investigating the military and justice ministry on Tuesday ordered the arrest of 228 people over suspected links to the Fetullah Terrorist Organization , a group behind 2016 coup attempt, Anadolu Agency reported. In a separate operation, prosecutors in Izmir province on Turkey’s Aegean coast, issued arrest warrants for 101 on-duty sergeants and 56 former soldiers who either retired, resigned or were expelled.
The warrants were issued after the suspects were found to have communicated with members of the terror group by payphone.FETO and its US-based leader Fetullah Gulen, orchestrated the defeated coup of July 15, 2016 which left 251 people killed and nearly 2,200 injured. Ankara accuses FETO of being behind a long-running campaign to overthrow the state through the infiltration of Turkish institutions, particularly the military, police, and judiciary.
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