Adil Öksüz

The joint indictment submitted to an Ankara court on March 3 on the July 2016 coup attempt has identified a 38-member junta named "Peace in the Nation Council" as being among 221 suspected coup plotters led by Fethullah Gülen, head of what the government and the indictment refer to as the Fethullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ). 

Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has penned a letter to his U.S. counterpart Jeff Sessions regarding the extradition of U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, accused of masterminding Turkey's failed July 2016 coup attempt.

In his letter, Bozdağ reiterated Ankara's expectation from Washington over the extradition of Gülen, Justice Ministry sources told daily Hürriyet.

Turkey has sent a new file to the U.S. to beef up its evidences demanding the extradition of Fethullah Gülen, the Pennsylvania-based leader of the Gülenist movement, which is widely believed to have orchestrated the July 15, 2016 coup attempt in Turkey.

The first indictment regarding a key figure in Turkey's failed July 2016 coup attempt, Adil Öksüz, was prepared in the Marmara province of Sakarya on Jan. 19, with the prosecutor seeking one aggravated life sentence and a jail sentence of between 190 years and 319 years.

Adil Öksüz, one of the prime suspects in the July 2016 coup attempt, is being protected by some as he is "not capable of hiding this much" without support, Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ said Jan. 18.

Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş has said the fugitive Adil Öksüz, one of the prime suspects behind Turkey's failed July 15 coup attempt, is only a "shadow" figure and the top orchestrators of the attempted putsch have not yet surfaced.  

Some figures from the Gülen Movement under the U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, who is accused of the July 15 failed coup attempt, made nearly $2 million donation to defeated Democratic Party presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during her campaign, according to a Democratic source, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Nov. 12.

The first trials of the thousands of suspects arrested in the wake of Turkey's failed July 15 coup attempt will begin in early 2017, the chief Ankara prosecutor said on Nov. 3.

Two previously unnoticed civilians were present at a military base that spearheaded the July 15 coup attempt, according to Ankara prosecutors who have unearthed new footage recorded on the night.

The National Intelligence Organization (MİT) is in command of the fight against the "Fethullahist Terrorist Organization" (FETÖ). But it must be stressed that the MİT is not a judicial institution; its duty is to gather intelligence.