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Over 500 suspects nabbed over FETÖ ties
Security units have apprehended 544 suspects over their alleged links to FETÖ, the group behind the 2016 failed coup, in a comprehensive operation spanning 62 out of the country's 81 provinces, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya has announced.
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Erdoğan vows to prevent further coup threats
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said Türkiye will prevent any future coup attempts similar to the one orchestrated by the FETÖ in 2016.
"July 15 [coup attempt] is the latest example of how much damage an impostor disguised as a teacher can do to our country. We cannot allow such a tragedy to happen again," Erdoğan said, referring to FETÖ's U.S.-based leader, Fetullah Gülen.
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445 police officers suspended over FETÖ links, reveals minister
Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya has revealed that 445 active police officers, allegedly affiliated with FETÖ, the group behind the 2016 failed coup, have been suspended pending further investigation.
US consulate employee convicted over terror links released
Metin Topuz, a former employee of the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul, has been released on probation after he served a six-year prison sentence over being a member of the FETÖ terrorist organization.
Police capture key FETÖ suspect in Russian envoy assassination
Istanbul police have caught a key suspect who played a role along with her husband, a key figure of the FETÖ terrorist organization, in the assassination of the Russian ambassador to Ankara in 2016.
Türkiye does not ask to return F-35 program, but wants money back: Turkish FM
Türkiye does not ask the United States to allow Ankara to return to the F-35 fighter jet program but just wants reimbursement of its money already paid for the project, the Turkish foreign minister has said on May 7.
‘FETÖ members passed military exams with special code method’
In the operation in which 14 FETÖ members were arrested, mathematicians from Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) have revealed that members of the organization entered military schools with a special code determined for each member.
Teams from Istanbul police's anti-terror branch carried out an operation against FETÖ members on March 21.
Large scale FETÖ ops launched to detain 35 suspects
Within the scope of the FETÖ investigation carried out in 32 provinces, a detention decision has been issued for 35 suspects who were found to have illegally leaked the questions of some exams between 2011-2013.
Slain Turkish-Armenian journalist remembered
Hundreds of people gathered in Istanbul on Jan. 19 to mark the death anniversary of Hrant Dink, a prominent Turkish-Armenian journalist who was gunned down in broad daylight in front of his office 16 years ago.
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Former Turkish footballer arrested over FETÖ links
Former footballer Zafer Biryol, who was wanted for "being a member of an armed terrorist organization," has been caught in an operation against FETÖ's "football structure" in Istanbul's Büyükçekmece district.
He was found to attend the FETÖ's meetings, visit Fethullah Gülen, the ringleader of the organization, in 2006 and have an account in Bank Asya, a FETÖ-linked bank.
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