Türkiye: Dozens detained in nationwide crackdown over FETÖ links VIDEO

Authorities in Türkiye have detained 90 people across 26 provinces on suspicion of links to FETÖ.

The operations were carried out over the past two weeks, Caliber.Az reports per Turkish media.

Of those detained, 69 have been formally arrested, while judicial control measures have been imposed on 16 individuals, the Turkish Interior Ministry said.

The Fethullahist Terrorist Organisation (FETÖ) was a clandestine network led by cleric Fethullah Gülen, who lived in self-exile in the United States until he died in 2024. Initially allied with Türkiye’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), it was designated a terrorist organisation in 2016 after ties with the government broke down.

Turkish authorities accuse the group of infiltrating key state institutions over decades and of orchestrating the July 15, 2016 coup attempt, which left more than 250 people dead, allegedly coordinated via encrypted apps such as ByLock. In its aftermath, Türkiye launched a wide-ranging crackdown, detaining tens of thousands and removing over 100,000 public employees from state institutions.

By Aghakazim Guliyev