Turkey: Arrest warrants out for 41 FETO suspects

ADANA, Turkey

Turkish prosecutors issued arrest warrants for 41 people with suspected links to the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), the group behind the 2016 defeated coup, a security source said Saturday.

The suspects were found to have communicated with "covert imams" -- senior FETO members -- using pay phones, said the source who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to media.

Some suspects were active-duty police officers, it said, adding that administrative measures were imposed on others.

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.

Turkey 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 Busra Nur Bilgic Cakmak

ADANA, Turkey

Turkish prosecutors issued arrest warrants for 41 people with suspected links to the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), the group behind the 2016 defeated coup, a security source said Saturday.

The suspects were found to have communicated with "covert imams" -- senior FETO members -- using pay phones, said the source who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to media.

Some suspects were active-duty police officers, it said, adding that administrative measures were imposed on others.

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.

Turkey 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 Busra Nur Bilgic Cakmak