ANKARA, Turkey

Turkish security forces on Friday arrested 26 suspects, including active serving soldiers, for their alleged links to the Fetullah Terrorist Organization, the terror group behind the 2016 defeated coup, judicial sources said.

Earlier, prosecutors in the capital Ankara issued arrest warrants for 29 suspects, including a colonel and sergeants as part of probes into the FETO’s clandestine network within the military, said the sources, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media.

Out of the 29 suspects, 14 suspects are serving soldiers, they added.

FETO and its U.S.-based leader Fetullah Gulen orchestrated the defeated coup of July 15, 2016, which left 251 people martyred and nearly 2,200 injured.

Writing By Faruk Zorlu