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Turkey orders 149 people detained for suspected FETÖ links

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10:528/06/2020, Monday
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Hunt for suspects linked to FETO underway across country to arrest them

Turkish security authorities on Monday launched multiple operations in various provinces to arrest terror suspects affiliated with the FETO -- the terrorist group behind the bloody failed coup attempt of 2016.

Prosecutors issued arrest warrants for a total of 33 suspects, including 24 on-duty police force members, and security forces started simultaneous operations in 16 provinces.

Separately, prosecutors issued arrest warrants for 42 suspects found to be using ByLock – FETO’s encrypted smartphone messaging app -- and in touch with terror affiliates through pay phone.

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

Turkey 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.

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