Fethullahist Terror Organization

The Ankara Public Prosecutor's Office on May 16 ordered the detention of 85 staff from the energy and education ministries in an investigation into the Fethullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ), which is believed to have been behind the July 2016 failed coup attempt, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported. 

Police on May 12 detained 62 suspects in raids targeting former employees of the Istanbul stock exchange over alleged links to U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, widely believed to have been behind the July 2016 coup attempt. 

One of the prosecutors in a controversial case into trucks belonging to the National Intelligence Agency (MİT) case, who was later arrested for alleged links to the network of Fethullah Gülen, was aware of a deadly bombing in the southern province of Hatay, but did not take action to put pressure on the intelligence, according to a report. 

Turkey has slammed Germany for accepting the asylum requests of some former Turkish military personnel accused of having links with the Fethullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ), the alleged perpetrator of the July 2016 failed coup. 

There is no doubt that Aslı Erdoğan is one of Turkey's most prominent novelists, who has earned an international reputation thanks to her 18 books translated into many languages.

A Greek appeals court has blocked the extradition of the final two of eight soldiers who requested asylum after they fled to the country following the July 2016 coup attempt, in the second such refusal by Athens to extradite all the servicemen.

The European Union has not imposed any preconditions on Ankara, such as the lifting of the state of emergency, before a prospective meeting between top Turkish and European officials later in May, Turkish diplomatic sources have said, emphasizing Ankara's interest in keeping channels of dialogue open with Brussels. 

Turkey's Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), which cooperated with the ruling party in amending the constitution in last month's referendum, has denied speculation that it will appoint ministers during a cabinet reshuffle expected to take place before the end of May.

The name of the off-duty police officer who killed Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov in December 2016 has appeared in the archives seized during April 26 raids on alleged "secret imams" of the Fethullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ) within the police forces. 

Some 1,120 people suspected of links to the Fethullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ) were detained in simultaneous raids across Turkey on April 26, in an operation mainly targeting the structure of the organization within the police forces.