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Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ recently claimed that members of the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ) living in the United States are taking Christian names and trying to infiltrate into religious groups there. 

Adil Öksüz, a key July 2016 coup attempt figure whose whereabouts remain unknown, may have been killed by what prosecutors call the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has claimed. 

Followers of the U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen have been changing their names in order to "trick" the United States, Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has said, adding that the group poses a "national security threat" for all countries.

There are currently 24,615 drugs convicts in jail in Turkey, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has said, calling on locals to denounce drug sellers wherever they see them.

Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ slammed former top soldiers who are currently suspects in the main case into the July 15, 2016, coup attempt for denying their involvement in the events that took place at the general staff headquarters on the night of the coup, stating that the defendants "are acting in accordance with Fethullah Gülen's instructions."

Some 4,000 judges and prosecutors have been dismissed as part of a probe against the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ) since the July 15, 2016, coup attempt, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ said May 26.

"More than 4,000 judges and prosecutors were removed from the profession due to membership, contact or affiliation with FETÖ in the Turkish judiciary," Bozdağ said.

Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has denied tracking main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu's emails, calling his remarks on the issue "slander."

"Can such a thing ever happen? Tracking emails is something unlawful. There is no such thing. This is slander," Bozdağ told Hürriyet columnist Abdulkadir Selvi.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) head Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has asked Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ whether the government has been tracking his e-mails regarding claims about Adil Öksüz, one of the key figures of the failed July 2016 coup attempt.

Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has said the United States should reveal the names of all Turkish citizens whose visas have been canceled, commenting on a phone call made by the U.S. Embassy in Turkey to one of the key figures of the July 2016 coup attempt, six days after the failed putsch.

The arrest of a top Turkish banker in the United States on charges of participating in a multi-year scheme to evade sanctions against Iran was a "completely political" move, senior Turkish officials have said, as the details of the FBI file in the case were revealed.