Enver Altaylı

Enver Altaylı, a former official of the National Intelligence Organization (MİT), had exchanged emails with CIA agents, showed a detailed ruling of a court that handed him a lengthy prison sentence for political and military espionage earlier this month.

A court in Ankara has sentenced Enver Altaylı, a former official of the National Intelligence Organization (MİT), to a total of 23 years in prison for "political and military espionage" and membership to a terrorist organization.

Altaylı was detained and arrested in 2017 as part of an investigation into the FETÖ, which was responsible for the failed coup attempt in 2016. 

The Ankara Chief Prosecutor's Office issued detention warrants for 63 people, including 45 former National Intelligence Agency (MİT) personnel, on Sept. 12 over alleged links to Fethullah Gülen, a U.S.-based preacher widely believed to have masterminded last year's failed coup, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported. 

The police operation was launched in 21 provinces across Turkey.

An Ankara court ordered the arrest of Enver Altaylı on Aug. 27, a retired National Intelligence Organization (MİT) member, over his links to the Gülen network, widely believed to have masterminded last year's failed coup.