07.11.2025 12:34
Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya stated, "In the operations that have been ongoing for two weeks, 178 FETÖ suspects have been apprehended in 45 provinces, and 67 of them have been arrested."
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Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced via a statement on X account that 178 FETÖ suspects have been caught in operations that have been ongoing for 2 weeks.
67 SUSPECTS ARRESTED
Minister Yerlikaya stated that 67 of these individuals have been arrested, and judicial control measures have been applied to 48 of them, adding that the procedures for the other suspects are ongoing.
STRIKING STATEMENT FROM MINISTER YERLİKAYA
Minister Yerlikaya's statement is as follows; "As a result of the efforts carried out by our Chief Public Prosecutor's Offices, the EGM TEM Department, and the coordination of our KOM and Intelligence Departments, through the work of Provincial Police Chiefs' TEM and KOM Branch Directorates;
In operations conducted in Adana, Afyonkarahisar, Amasya, Ankara, Antalya, Aksaray, Aydın, Bingöl, Bitlis, Bursa, Çanakkale, Denizli, Edirne, Erzurum, Elazığ, Eskişehir, Gaziantep, Giresun, Hatay, Istanbul, Izmir, Isparta, Kayseri, Kars, Karaman, Kocaeli, Konya, Kırşehir, Kırıkkale, Malatya, Manisa, Mersin, Muş, Nevşehir, Ordu, Osmaniye, Sakarya, Samsun, Sivas, Şanlıurfa, Tekirdağ, Tokat, Trabzon, Yalova, and Yozgat, the suspects captured;
- Being a user of the organization's encrypted messaging program ByLock,
- Engaging in activities within the "financial structure, student structure, current structure, military confidential structure, and confidential structure" of the terrorist organization,
- Being wanted for contacting responsible individuals within the organization using payphones.
"I CONGRATULATE THOSE WHO CONTRIBUTED"
In the operations, those whose names were mentioned in statements and identifications within FETÖ investigations, who have finalized prison sentences and are wanted, were also captured. I congratulate those who contributed."
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