Chief Public Prosecutor's Office

Probe opens after mosques blare ‘Bella Ciao’ from minarets in Turkey’s west

The Italian resistance song Bella Ciao's Turkish version was broadcast from several mosque minarets in the Aegean province of İzmir.

Residents in İzmir's Konak, Karşıyaka, Çiğli and Buca districts were stunned by the unexpected "call for prayer" experience as they shared videos of the incident on social media.

Arrest warrants out for 29 FETÖ-linked suspects

Turkish prosecutors on Oct. 30 issued arrest warrants for 69 suspects over their alleged links to the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), the group behind the defeated coup of July 2016.

According to a statement by the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office in the capital Ankara, 29 suspects are accused of leaking police recruitment exam questions in 2011 to FETÖ-linked officers.

Former Istanbul police chief surrenders on Gülen links

Former Istanbul police chief Hüseyin Çapkın surrendered to police late on June 16 after a court in issued an arrest warrant earlier in the day for alleged links to the Fethullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ).

Çapkın arrived with his lawyer at the police station on Istanbul's Vatan Street to surrender.

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