Turkey: 64 FETO members get jail terms

ANKARA

Turkish judges on Thursday handed jail terms to 64 people affiliated with the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), the group behind the 2016 defeated coup, according to judicial authorities.

The FETO members were found guilty of leaking the civil service recruitment exam -- also known as KPSS -- in 2010, which they used to help them infiltrate state institutions.

They were given prison sentences varying from six to 15 years.

Muhammet Sait Gulen, a nephew of Fetullah Gulen, the ringleader of the terror group, was slapped with a sentence of six years and three months.

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.

Ankara also 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.

* Writing by Ali Murat Alhas

ANKARA

Turkish judges on Thursday handed jail terms to 64 people affiliated with the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), the group behind the 2016 defeated coup, according to judicial authorities.

The FETO members were found guilty of leaking the civil service recruitment exam -- also known as KPSS -- in 2010, which they used to help them infiltrate state institutions.

They were given prison sentences varying from six to 15 years.

Muhammet Sait Gulen, a nephew of Fetullah Gulen, the ringleader of the terror group, was slapped with a sentence of six years and three months.

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.

Ankara also 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.

* Writing by Ali Murat Alhas