Fethullahist Terror Organization

Over 1,000 people suspected of links to the Fethullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ) were detained in simultaneous raids across Turkey on April 26, in an operation targeting the structure of the organization within the police forces.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) voted on April 25 to reintroduce a monitoring process for Turkey with the move triggering fury in Ankara.

U.S. President Donald Trump will do what former President Barack Obama failed to do regarding the U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, accused of masterminding the July 2016 failed coup attempt, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said April 20.  

"I believe Trump will do what Obama failed to do in this regard," Erdoğan said in an interview with private broadcaster A News.

The Turkish parliament approved on April 18 a three-month extension of a state of emergency that was declared after a failed coup attempt last year. 

The state of emergency has now been extended three times since the July 2016 failed coup.

Turkey's National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has said that Adil Öksüz, a key coup figure whose whereabouts have been unknown since July 2016, did not serve for the spy agency and was not recruited as an informant, in response to claims made by main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. 

Turkey's Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) announced on April 3 that it temporarily dismissed a court board and a prosecutor, less than a week after they ordered the release of some 21 suspects in a case into the media structure of the Fethullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ), which is accused of orchestrating the July 2016 failed coup attempt.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said the first phase of Turkey's military operation in Syria, dubbed the Euphrates Shield, has ended while heralding that new operations will follow.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım have strongly reacted to the main opposition leader's claims that the July 15, 2016, coup attempt occurred within the knowledge of the government and was therefore a "controlled coup," accusing the opposition leader of insulting the Turkish people after 250 were killed on the night of the putsch.

The July 2016 coup attempt occurred "within the knowledge" of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) head Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has claimed, describing the failed putsch as a "controlled coup."

The state-run Turkish Radio and Television Channel (TRT) on April 1 apologized for "mistakenly broadcasting" a song whose lyrics were written by the U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, who is accused of masterminding the failed July 2016 coup attempt.