Turkey: Arrest warrants out for 20 FETO-linked suspects

By Ismet Karakas and Serdar Acil

ANKARA (AA) – Turkey issued arrest warrants for 20 alleged members of FETO -- the terror group behind the 2016 defeated coup -- suspected of infiltrating the naval forces command, prosecutors announced on Friday.

Prosecutors in the capital Ankara said in a statement that the suspects are sought by warrant for being members and so-called "covert imams" of the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO).

FETO and its U.S.-based leader Fetullah Gulen orchestrated the defeated coup on July 15, 2016, which left 251 people martyred and nearly 2,200 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.