FETÖ judge Mustafa Karatay was caught in the house where he was hiding in Ankara.

The National Intelligence Organization and the Ankara Police Department's Counter-Terrorism Branch conducted a joint operation resulting in the capture of FETÖ-affiliated judge Mustafa Karatay, who was hiding in a house in Ankara.

ONE OF THEIR ELEMENTS IN THE JUDICIARY

Fugitive FETÖ member Mustafa Karatay was one of the architects of the failed coup attempt on July 15. He played a key role in the organization as one of the most critical operational elements in the judiciary. He was trying to maintain his connection with the organization from the house where he was hiding.

OPERATION LIKE A MOVIE FROM MIT

The National Intelligence Organization acted upon a tip-off from a close neighbor of Mustafa Karatay, one of the important figures of FETÖ. After a long surveillance, it was definitively determined that the fugitive judge Karatay had been living in the reported apartment for 8 years.

DIGITAL MATERIALS SEIZED

During the search of FETÖ-affiliated judge Karatay's house, a laptop, tablet, phone, and other digital materials used for communication with the organization's upper management were seized. It was determined that fugitive judge Mustafa Karatay was communicating with the organization via the Signal application.