25 Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) Suspects Arrested In Turkish Capital

At least 25 suspects were arrested on Monday in capital Ankara for their suspected links to Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), the group behind the 2016 defeated coup attempt on October 01, 2018.

ANKARA, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 1st Oct, 2018 ) :At least 25 suspects were arrested on Monday in capital Ankara for their suspected links to Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), the group behind the 2016 defeated coup attempt on October 01, 2018.

The arrests came after the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office in Ankara issued warrants for the arrest of 47 suspects, accusing them of using ByLock, an encrypted cellphone app used by coup-plotters, a security source said Monday.

A police search is underway to apprehend the remaining suspects, it added.

Among the suspects were 14 personnel of Health Ministry and private medical institutions, 27 former personnel of Family, Labor, Social Services Ministry and three former National education Ministry personnel, who were dismissed from their positions following the defeated coup.

Other three suspects were former staff members including senior managers of FETO-linked foundations, which had been shut down following the July 2016 defeated coup.

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