17 January 2018•Update: 17 January 2018
MANISA, Turkey
Police on Wednesday arrested 10 people across Turkey for their suspected links to Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), the group behind the 2016 defeated coup, according to security officials.
A total of 5 suspects have been arrested in Turkey’s Aegean province of Manisa, said the official, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on talking to the media.
The suspects are accused of using ByLock app, an encrypted mobile phone application used by FETO members to communicate during and after the defeated coup.
In Manisa, a court remanded in custody a suspect who was arrested along with seven others on Jan. 15.
Five more FETO-linked suspects were arrested in Turkey’s southeastern province of Gaziantep.
FETO and its U.S.-based leader Fetullah Gulen orchestrated the defeated coup on July 15, 2016, which left 250 people martyred and nearly 2,200 others 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.
Reporting by Soner Ovumlu and Zuhal Kocalar:Writing by Handan Kazanci
