Turkey: '25 suspects arrested for FETO links'

SAKARYA, Turkey

At least 25 people were arrested in Turkey for their alleged links to the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), the group behind the 2016 defeated coup, a security source said on Thursday.

Prosecutors in the northwestern Sakarya province issued arrest warrants for 29 suspects, said the source on the condition of anonymity.

Anti-terror police teams apprehended 25 of the suspects in operations in 10 different provinces, with efforts on to track down the remaining ones, the insider added.

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

Turkey 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.