04.04.2025 21:01
Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced that 73 suspects were apprehended and 48 of them were arrested during operations against FETÖ conducted between March 19 and 27. Yerlikaya also stated that a large number of digital materials and documents were seized during the operations.
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Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya stated, "In our operations against FETÖ conducted in 27 provinces, 73 suspects were apprehended. 48 of them were arrested. Judicial control measures were imposed on 16 others. The procedures for the remaining suspects are ongoing."
Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya explained the details of the operations against FETÖ carried out in 27 provinces between March 19-27 through his social media account.
73 SUSPECTS APPREHENDED
Yerlikaya wrote, "Between March 19-27, 2025; in our operations against FETÖ conducted by our Gendarmerie and Police in 27 provinces, 73 suspects were apprehended. 48 of them were arrested," and added, "Judicial control measures were imposed on 16 others. The procedures for the remaining suspects are ongoing. The suspects apprehended in the operations were wanted for crimes such as engaging in activities within the terrorist organization's 'Military Confidential Structure and Current Structure', communicating with responsible individuals within the organization via payphones, being users of the organization's encrypted messaging application 'ByLock', providing financial support to the terrorist organization, and making FETÖ propaganda through social media accounts. Additionally, those whose names were mentioned in testimonies and identifications within FETÖ investigations, who have finalized prison sentences and are wanted, were also apprehended," he stated.
"A LARGE NUMBER OF DOCUMENTS AND MATERIALS WERE SEIZED"
Yerlikaya also stated: "As a result of the efforts coordinated by the Chief Public Prosecutor's Offices, the Gendarmerie General Command's Anti-Terrorism Department, and the Police General Directorate's Anti-Terrorism Department, as well as the Organized Crime and Intelligence Departments; numerous documents and digital materials were seized in operations against FETÖ conducted in Adana, Amasya, Ankara, Antalya, Balıkesir, Bursa, Çorum, Denizli, Erzurum, İzmir, Kayseri, Kocaeli, Muğla, Muş, Sakarya, Samsun, Tekirdağ, Tokat, Aksaray, Aydın, Edirne, Gaziantep, Istanbul, Kahramanmaraş, Konya, Kütahya, and Şanlıurfa. After the death of the FETÖ leader, there is no room for relaxation in our struggle against this treacherous terrorist organization."
"WE WILL CONTINUE THE STRUGGLE"
We will continue our struggle until we cleanse this treacherous structure that attempts to strike at our national will. I congratulate our governors, the Chief Public Prosecutor's Offices coordinating the operations, and our heroic gendarmerie and police who carried out the operations.
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