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Timeline on Gulen movement/FETÖ October 2018

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1 - 10 October

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1	20,000 people in Turkey detained over Gülen links in last 9 months The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 461 people were detained over the past week due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, bringing the total number of people detained in the first nine months of the year to 19,708. A total of 18,128 people had been detained over alleged links to the movement by the end of August 2018. According to the TurkeyPurge.com website, the total number of people dismissed after the 2016 coup attempt exceeds 170,000. The European Commission said in a report on April 17 that since the introduction of a state of emergency on July 20, 2016, over 150,000 people were taken into custody and 78,000 were arrested. Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu on Dec. 12, 2017 said 234,419 passports had been revoked as part of investigations into the Gülen movement since a failed coup. On Nov. 16, 2017 Soylu had said eight holdings and 1,020 companies were seized as part of operations against the movement. Source
1	42 major trials against FETÖ continue across the country There are 42 major trials currently ongoing across the country against those involved in the foiled coup attempt of July 15, 2016 and with the Gülenist terror Group (FETÖ). According to figures compiled by Anadolu Agency (AA), the number of defendants range from dozens to hundreds in these trials, which have a total of 2,805 suspects being tried in 16 cities. There are 14 trials with 1,659 defendants specifically on the coup attempt in five cities, while another 28 trials are directed at 1,146 suspected FETÖ members. The trial in an Ankara court on the coup plotters caught at the Akıncı Air Base near Ankara involves 469 suspects, and the new court session will take place today. Also, there are two trials in Istanbul today, one concerning activities on July 15 at the former Land Forces War Academy, involving 307 suspects, and another trial of 92 former gendarmerie members. Source
1	25 detained in probe of FETÖ's messaging app Twenty-five suspects were detained yesterday in an investigation into Bylock, an encrypted messaging app developed and exclusively used by members of the Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ). The Chief Prosecutor's Office in the capital Ankara issued detention warrants for 47 suspected members of the terrorist group blamed for the July 15, 2016 coup attempt. Operations were underway to capture other suspects. All suspects are accused of using Bylock, a messaging app used to relay senior FETÖ figures' messages to other members. Suspects include former employees of the Health Ministry, the Labor Ministry and the Education Ministry, as well as two executives of a now-defunct FETÖ-linked association and a former correspondent. Ever since it tried to topple the government in 2016 through its
2	Turkish appeals court upholds life sentences for 6 in FETÖ media case Turkish appeals court upheld on Tuesday aggravated life sentences for six defendants, including Nazlı Ilıcak, Mehmet Altan and his brother Ahmet who were accused of serving as the media arm of the Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ) that is blamed for the July 15, 2016 coup attempt that killed 249 people across Turkey. The remaining defendants sentenced for attempting to overthrow the constitution are Fevzi Yazıcı, Yakup Şimşek and Şükrü Tuğrul Özşengül. The six were sentenced in February on charges of aiding FETÖ plotters and attempting to overthrow the constitutional order.
3	Turkey seeks extradition of top FETÖ members from Cambodia Turkey has repeated its request for the extradition of three Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ) members from Cambodia, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has announced. Speaking in a joint news conference with the visiting Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn, Çavuşoğlu said that the Turkish authorities have asked Cambodia to extradite three "high-profile members" of FETÖ. He did not, however, disclose their names.
4	Former civil servant gets close to 9 years for alleged ByLock use A civil servant who was removed from his job by a government decree has been handed down a jail sentence of eight years, nine months for using a smartphone application known as ByLock, Turkish media reports said on Wednesday. The former civil servant, Fatih Çopur, attended the final hearing of his trial at the Kayseri 2nd High Criminal Court from prison via the IT Voice and Image System (SEGBİS).In his defense, Çopur denied using ByLock and having any links to the Gülen movement. “I am not a terrorist. I have worked with self-sacrifice all through my life. I have always stayed away from terrorism. Now, I am being tried facing terror charges. I am innocent,” Çopur said.
7	FETÖ loses more members as soldiers linked to terrorists confess ties The Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ) sees the fallout from its attempt to seize power two years ago with more members coming forward to confess their ties to the group instead of remaining anonymous. In the southern province of Kahramanmaraş, 60 out of 84 suspects detained in the past nine months for links to the group invoked the "remorse law," confessing their links to the group and explaining FETÖ's secret schemes. The law allows reduced sentences for defendants and helps investigators to uncover more secret members of FETÖ. For instance, H.Z., identified only by his initials, an active-duty major in the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) when he was detained, confessed that he was forced to marry a woman, a fellow member of FETÖ picked by the terrorist group for him, to ensure his loyalty to the group.
8	459 people detained in a week over alleged Gülen links The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 459 people were detained over the past week (Oct.1-Oct.8) due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement. A total of 19,708 people had been detained over alleged links to the movement by the end of September 2018. According to the TurkeyPurge.com website, the total number of people dismissed after the 2016 coup attempt exceeds 170,000. The European Commission said in a report on April 17 that since the introduction of a state of emergency on July 20, 2016, over 150,000 people were taken into custody and 78,000 were arrested.
8	Teacher, former soldiers sentenced to life for FETÖ's coup attempt Nine former military officers and a teacher accused of instructing them on how to act during the 2016 failed coup attempt by the Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ), were sentenced to life by a court in northwestern Turkey yesterday. Defendants were among 15 on trial for attempting to take over a data center run by Turkcell, one of leading cellphone operators in the country during the coup attempt. They were caught after their attempt to cut off communications at the center located in Kocaeli failed. The Fourth High Criminal Court in Kocaeli sentenced Capt. Abdülkadir Öz and teacher Vedat Çetin to aggravated life sentences and handed down life sentences to eight others. Three others were sentenced to prison terms ranging between one year and three years while one defendant was acquitted. A separate trial will be held for Maj. Ümit İpek, the highest-ranking officer in the trial who remains at large after he fled following the failure of the coup attempt.
9	Detention warrants issued for 74 military officers, 22 civilians over alleged Gülen links The İstanbul and Ankara chief public prosecutor’s offices on Tuesday issued detention warrants for a total of 55 active duty and 19 former military members as part of an investigation into the faith-based Gülen movement, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. According to the report, the prosecutor’s offices are also seeking 22 people who are claimed to be links between the movement and the officers. The Turkish government has dismissed over 40,000 military personnel including gendarmerie and military cadets over alleged links to the movement since a failed coup attempt in July 2016, the tr724 new website reported on Aug. 4
10	Turkey jails 523 soldiers in past year on coup-related charges Over the past year a total of 523 soldiers were arrested among 989 military members for whom detention warrants were issued by Turkish prosecutors on charges related to a failed coup in 2016, the state-owned Anadolu news agency reported on Wednesday. While 159 are still at large, 307 soldiers were released on judicial supervision under the remorse law. Turkish authorities believe the Gülen movement was responsible for the abortive putsch, which left 249 people dead, despite the movement’s strong denial of any involvement. In addition to soldiers, some 200 civilians who were accused of contact with allegedly Gülen-linked soldiers in order to infiltrate the Turkish army were also arrested as part of the same investigations.
* The date the source published the article.

11 - 20 October

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15	466 people detained in past week over Gülen links The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 466 people were detained over the past week (Oct. 8-Oct. 15) due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement. Detention warrants were issued for 459 people between Oct. 1 and Oct. 8 on suspicion of links to the movement. A total of 19,708 people had been detained over alleged links to the movement by the end of September 2018.
15	Detention warrants issued for 36 former Turkish Air Forces officers over alleged Gülen links The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Monday issued detention warrants for 36 members of the Turkish Air Forces who were purged following the failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016 over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. According to the report, police launched operations across 18 provinces to detain former officers including 9 pilots who are claimed to be on the line with members of the Gülen movement. The Turkish government has dismissed over 40,000 military personnel including gendarmerie and military cadets over alleged links to the movement since a failed coup attempt in July 2016, the tr724 new website reported on Aug. 4.
15	37 more people sought by prosecutor over alleged Gülen links The İstanbul Anadolu Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday issued detention warrants for 37 people over alleged links to the financial network of the faith-based Gülen movement, the HaberTürk daily reported. According to the report, 25 of the 37 people have been detained in police operations. Approximately 20,000 people had been detained in 2018 over alleged links to the movement by the end of September.
16	50 FETÖ-linked military personnel arrested across Turkey 50 suspected members of Gülenist Terror Group's (FETÖ), the group behind the 2016 defeated coup in Turkey, were arrested on Tuesday, according to official sources. One group of 20 soldiers, arrested in operations across 23 provinces, includes both active duty soldiers and inactive ones, said a judicial source, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media. They are part of a group of 34 FETÖ-linked soldiers that Istanbul prosecutors issued arrest warrants for, including 19 active-duty soldiers, four former military school students, and 11 dismissed soldiers. The 19 active-duty soldiers include two colonels, three majors, five lieutenants, five first lieutenants, and four sergeants. A search is underway to apprehend the remaining suspects, the source added. Later, 30 gendarmerie forces personnel were arrested after Ankara prosecutors issued an arrest warrant for 50 gendarmerie personnel over suspected links to FETÖ. According to a prosecutor's statement, the arrest warrants came after one gendarmerie lieutenant and 49 first lieutenants' links to FETÖ were found through their telephone conversations with the terrorist group's so-called "covert imams." 55 of the suspects are active gendarmerie forces personnel, it added.
18	Problematic footballer faces FETÖ probe The Istanbul Public Prosecutor's Office is currently investigating the Gülenist Terror Group's (FETÖ) presence in Turkish football. It is paying special attention to contacts between the criminal group and a group of players, including Emre Belözoğlu, Arda Turan, Okan Buruk and Bülent Korkmaz. All four are current or former members of the Turkish national football team. Barcelona's Turan, who is on loan to Istanbul's Başakşehir, has recently made headlines after getting involved in a brawl with pop singer Berkay Şahin last week.
19	Detention warrants issued for 40 more people over alleged ByLock use The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Friday issued detention warrants for 40 people over their suspected use of the ByLock mobile phone messaging app as part of a post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of the Gülen movement. According to a report by the state-run Anadolu news agency, 13 of the 40 people being sought were detained during police operations in 10 provinces.
19	Turkey seeks extradition for hundreds of FETÖ members abroad In the aftermath of the July 15, 2016 coup attempt, Turkey has sped up the extradition processes for members of the Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ) abroad. Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül announced that they were seeking the extraditions of 419 members and senior figures of the terrorist group from various countries so far.
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21 - 31 October

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22	Turkish gov’t detains 667 people in a week over Gülen links The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 667 people were detained over the past week (Oct.15-Oct.22) due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement. A total of 19,708 people had been detained over alleged links to the movement by the end of September 2018. Despite the movement strongly denying involvement in the failed coup, Erdoğan launched a witch-hunt targeting the group following the abortive putsch. According to the TurkeyPurge.com website, the total number of people dismissed after the 2016 coup attempt exceeds 170,000.
22	Turkish gov’t detains at least 27 people over alleged links to Gülen movement The Turkish government on Monday detained at least 27 people across Turkey as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of the Gülen movement. At least 17 people were detained by police on Monday in 11 provinces in a Konya-based investigation into alleged members of the Gülen movement. The detentions came following the issuance of warrants by the Konya Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office for 20 people over their alleged links to the movement. Police also detained 10 people, comprising one captain and nine noncommissioned officers, in eight provinces across Turkey as part of a Kocaeli-based investigation into alleged members of the Gülen movement. The detentions came following the issuance of detention warrants by the Kocaeli Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office for 17 military personnel over their alleged links to the movement. Four of the military staff are reportedly active duty non-commissioned officers.
23	Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 96 people over alleged links to Gülen movement The Turkish government on Tuesday issued detention warrants for 96 people across Turkey as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of the Gülen movement. The Konya Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office issued detention warrants for 50 people over alleged links to the Gülen movement on Tuesday. Police raided locations in 13 Turkish provinces and detained 22 people over their alleged role in the so-called structure of the Gülen movement in the Turkish Four people were detained in Kayseri on Tuesday after the Kayseri Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office issued detention warrants for eight people over their alleged role in the same supposed structure. The Manisa Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office also issued detention warrants on Tuesday for 18 military personnel, including 15 active duty officers, over their alleged links to the Gülen movement. Police detained 13 of them in raids conducted in 10 provinces. Also on Tuesday, seven people were detained in Ankara following the issuance of detention warrants by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office for 20 people over their alleged use of the ByLock mobile phone messaging app.
23	Detention warrants issued for 70 people over alleged Gülen links The Ankara and İzmir chief public prosecutor’s offices on Tuesday issued detention warrants for a total of 70 people as part of a post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of the Gülen movement, the pro-government Hürriyet daily reported. According to the report police detained seven of 20 suspects who were sought by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office for using the ByLock mobile phone messaging app. Turkish authorities believe ByLock is a communication tool among alleged followers of the Gülen movement. Tens of thousands of people, including civil servants, police officers, soldiers, businessmen and even housewives, have either been dismissed or arrested for allegedly using ByLock since a coup attempt on July 15, 2016. Thirty-three of 50 people who were sought by the İzmir Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office for working at now-closed schools close to Gülen movement in İzmir province were detained by police in operations in 15 provinces.
25	36 Turkish naval officers get life in prison on coup charges A Turkish court sentenced 23 naval officers, including dismissed admirals Hayrettin İmren and Nazmi Ekici, to aggravated life without the chance of parole, while 13 officers were given life in prison by the same court on Thursday over their alleged role in a controversial coup attempt on July 15, 2016 and their alleged links to the Gülen movement. According to a report by Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency on Thursday, the Kocaeli 5th High Criminal Court held the trial of 55 defendants at Kocaeli Prison, 19 of whom were handed down sentences of unspecified duration.
25	Detention warrants issued for 30 former Health Ministry personnel over Gülen links The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Friday issued detention warrants for 30 former Health Ministry staff members as part of a crackdown on the faith-based Gülen movement, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. According to the report 20 of those being sought were detained by the police, three of them while working at a private hospital. Turkish authorities accuse the Gülen movement of orchestrating a coup attempt in 2016, although the movement denies any involvement. Since then the Turkish government has been pursuing a crackdown on the movement, dismissing some 140,000 public servants and investigating more than 600,000 people on terrorism charges.
26	Turkish police arrest 53 FETO-linked terror suspects At least 53 suspects were arrested across Turkey on Friday as part of a probe into Fetullah Terrorist Organization’s (FETO) infiltration of Turkish Air Forces, a judicial source said. Turkish police conducted anti-terror operations in the country’s 13 provinces, including Diyarbakir, said the source, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media. Seven of the suspects are on-duty personnel, the source added.
26	Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 26 people over alleged use of ByLock The Turkish government detained seven people on Saturday during raids on 26 locations in 10 provinces across Turkey as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of the Gülen movement. The detentions were made after the İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office issued detention warrants for 26 people over their alleged use of the ByLock mobile phone messaging application. It was reported that four of those being sought are currently abroad.
28	15,000 sacked from army over FETÖ links More than 15,000 people, including senior military officers, have been dismissed since July 2016 across Turkey as part of investigations into FETÖ, the group widely believed to have been behind a defeated coup attempt, Turkey’s Defense Minister Hulusi Akar has said. “After the traitorous July 15 coup attempt, we’ve done work to clear out FETÖ members, using all opportunities,” Akar told state-run Anadolu Agency. “As part of this, to date 15,153 people — 150 out of whom were generals and admirals — have been dismissed,” he said. “We are determined and driven to go to wherever it extends in order to put an end to this. We are ready to do whatever is needed when new information and documents emerge,” he added.
30	88 detention warrants issued by Turkish prosecutors in one day for Gülen followers Prosecutors on Tuesday issued detention warrants for 88 people, including soldiers, police officers and teachers, as part of a post-coup crackdown targeting followers of the faith-based Gülen movement in Turkey. The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office issued detention warrants on claims of terrorism for 29 police officers accused of leaking police recruitment exam questions in 2011 to alleged members of the movement. The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday separately issued detention warrants for 21 military officers, 19 former military personnel and a civilian working at the Turkish Land Forces Command over Gülen links. A detention warrant for a retired brigadier general on Tuesday was issued by the Edirne Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on accusations of terrorism. He was reportedly taken into custody by police in Sakarya province. Also in Edirne, 18 detention warrants were issued for Turkish Education Ministry employees over Gülen links. The police detained 11 of those sought, three of whom were still working for the ministry, while the remainder had been dismissed by government decrees.
30	16 sentenced for FETÖ links in Kayseri trial A court in the central city of Kayseri yesterday handed down prison terms to 16 defendants accused of membership in the Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ). Defendants included businesspeople implicated in financing the group. The court ruled for prison terms between four years and 10 years for defendants, while two others on trial were acquitted. Prosecutors have accused defendants of donating money to the group and financing Bank Asya, the now-defunct lender associated with the terrorist group. Kayseri, a commercial hub in central Turkey, is the hometown of Boydak, a business dynasty which once ran a conglomerate of furniture and energy companies. Members of the Boydak family were arrested before and after the 2016 coup attempt by FETÖ for financing the terrorist group. Nagihan Boydak, a member of the family, was among those sentenced in yesterday's trial. Other members of the family were handed down prison terms of up to 18 years in trials concluded in July. Prosecutors have accused the family of systematically funding FETÖ, Bank Asya and giving regular donations to now-defunct charities linked to the group. Between 2008 and 2016 alone, the defendants transferred TL 40.8 million ($8.46 million) to seven entities linked to the terrorist group.
* The date the source published the article

FETÖ suspects detained in nationwide operations

30 October 2018:

Dozens of suspects, including teachers, military officers and police officers, linked to the Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ) were detained yesterday in nationwide operations.

According to government officials, the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office in the capital Ankara issued detention warrants for 87 suspects of which 59 were detained when Daily Sabah went to print.

The operations targeted teachers and staff of the National Education Authority in Ankara, police officers who were promoted earlier with the assistance of fellow FETÖ members and officers serving in the Turkish Army's Land Forces Command.

Some police deputy inspectors are accused of rising up the ranks with the help of FETÖ members who supplied them questions and answers for a promotion exam in 2011.

The teachers captured in the operations were users of ByLock, an encrypted messaging app developed and exclusively used by FETÖ members. Three of them were still working at in the National Education Authority while two were retired and 13 others were previously dismissed from their jobs because of suspicions they are members of FETÖ.

Some of the military officers detained in the operations had outstanding warrants and 10 others were earlier dismissed for their suspected FETÖ links.

Another suspect wanted in the same case was a civilian who acted as an "imam," a term used for FETÖ handlers for terrorist group's infiltrators in the military and other sectors.

Wanted officers were identified after they contacted with their imam through payphones to avoid detection.

FETÖ planted its men and women in every state institution - from the army to law enforcement - for decades before it openly declared war against the state with two coup attempts in 2013. Disguised with code names, secretive correspondences and a distinct secular lifestyle worlds away from what FETÖ promotes as religious life, its members were easily able to infiltrate places they ultimately aimed to take over.

On July 15, 2016, the terrorist group tried another coup, using its military infiltrators. Approximately, 251 people were killed and hundreds of others were injured in the coup attempt that was thwarted thanks to a strong public resistance. Tens of thousands of people were detained or arrested in the aftermath of the coup attempt.

Authorities have been carrying out daily operations to capture FETÖ suspects since the attempt

Erdoğan threatens Gülen movement: We will cause them suffering

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday promised to go after people linked to the faith-based Gülen movement, saying he will cause them suffering.

“The extent of the material and moral damage of this treasonous gang is huge,” Erdoğan said, speaking to a crowd in Kayseri.

Claiming that the real face of the Gülen movement was exposed during corruption operations that took place Dec. 17-25, 2013, Erdoğan said: ” Despite all evidence and warnings, those who remain in the organization agree to the consequences.”

“I am saying this clearly: Those who continue to stay in the FETÖ terrorist organization, whoever they are, either our father, our child or our brother, we will cause them suffering and do what the law requires,” said Erdoğan.

“Because they divided the ummah, they split families and they made brothers into enemies. We will not allow it.”

“FETO” is an abbreviation for the Gülen movement coined by the Turkish government to label the movement, which it accuses of masterminding an abortive coup in 2016, as a terrorist organization.

President Erdoğan and his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government pursued a crackdown on the Gülen movement following corruption operations in December 2013 in which the inner circle of the government and then-Prime Minister Erdoğan were implicated.

Erdoğan also accuses the Gülen movement of masterminding the coup attempt in July 2016.

Despite the movement strongly denying any involvement in the failed coup, Erdoğan launched a witch-hunt targeting the group following the abortive putsch.

According to the TurkeyPurge.com website, the total number of people dismissed after the 2016 coup attempt exceeds 170,000.

The European Commission said in a report on April 17 that since the introduction of a state of emergency on July 20, 2016, over 150,000 people were taken into custody and 78,000 were arrested.

Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu on Dec. 12, 2017 said 234,419 passports had been revoked as part of investigations into the Gülen movement since a failed coup.

On Nov. 16, 2017 Soylu had said eight holdings and 1,020 companies were seized as part of operations against the movement. Source

The new Turkey Timeline on Gulen movement/FETÖ October 2018

20,000 people in Turkey detained over Gülen links in last 9 months

42 major trials against FETÖ continue across the country

FETÖ suspects detained in nationwide operations

Erdoğan threatens Gülen movement: We will cause them suffering

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