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FETÖ suspects detained in nationwide operations
30 October 2018: 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 |
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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 |
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