(MENAFN) Over suspected links to the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), which is accused by Ankara failed military coup in mid-2016, detention warrants for 346 individuals have been issued by the Turkish authorities.
The chief prosecutors' office in Istanbul, Konya and Mersin provinces issued the arrest warrants on Tuesday as part of an investigation in 38 provinces across the country, according to Turkey's official Anadolu new agency.
The report added that the Istanbul-based issued warrants "for 170 FETO suspects", while the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office in Konya issued arrest warrants for 80, of whom 47 suspects have been arrested so far, according to Press TV.
The suspects included retired, suspended and serving soldiers, Anadolu said, adding that the suspects were suspected to have purportedly contacted imams of the Gulen network via payphones and landlines.
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