Turkey: 5 FETO terror suspects arrested

By Omer Yildiz and Yusuf Koyun

ADANA, Turkey (AA) - Security forces on Wednesday arrested five suspects in southern Turkey over alleged links to the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), the group behind the 2016 defeated coup in Turkey.

Anti-terror police in Adana conducted an operation to uncover the terror group's activities, and arrest its members.

FETO and its US-based leader Fetullah Gulen orchestrated the defeated coup of July 15, 2016, which left 251 people martyred and 2,734 injured.

Ankara also 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.

*Writing by Burak Dag