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The Grand Turk

Turkish prosecutors target 63 military members over ties to 2016 coup attempt

2025-05-25

Sultan Erdogan Recep Tayip I “the much beloved” is feeling feisty again.

[AnNahar] Prosecutors in ~~The Sick Man of Europe~~ Turkey
...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund...
issued arrest warrants for 63 active-duty military personnel Friday over links to a group accused of attempting a coup in 2016.

Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office said the suspects included four colonels and came from the army, navy, air force and gendarmerie. Early morning raids across the country resulted in 56 suspects being detained.

They are allegedly tied to an outlawed group that Turkey refers to as the Fethullahist Terror Organization, or FETO. Its leader, Fethullah Gülen
>... a Turkish preacher living in Pennsylvania whom the current govt of Turkey considers responsible for all the ills afflicting Turkey and possibly the entire world. Gülen and Erdogan used to be really good friends, but only one of them could be sultan, and Gülen lost. He pegged out in 2024...>
, died in October last year in the United States, where he had lived since 1999 in self-imposed exile.

Some 290 people were killed in July 2016 when rogue military units erupted into the streets of Ankara and Istanbul in a bid to depose the government of President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First

His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First

...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important...
. Jet fighters bombed the parliament building and presidential palace while Erdogan narrowly escaped liquidation or capture while vacationing on the west coast.

A subsequent purge of the military, police, judiciary and other state agencies saw tens of thousands arrested. Schools, businesses and media organizations tied to Gulen were closed down.

The prosecutor's statement said those targeted Friday were identified through telephone communications and said FETO still posed the "greatest threat to the constitutional order and survival of the state." Since the failed coup, 25,801 military suspects have been detained, it added.

The statement did not specify the exact charges against the suspects.

Gulen, a former holy man, amassed a worldwide following over decades and aided Erdogan's rise to power in 2003. The alliance broke down after the government closed some Gulen-run educational establishments and Gulenists
...the Turkish version of the Boogie Man, who set fire to the Turkish Reichsstag...
in the police and judiciary pursued corruption allegations against Erdogan's government.

Gulen always denied any involvement in the failed coup. He was wanted in Turkey, which repeatedly demanded his extradition from the U.S.

The coup attempt contributed to the acceleration of authoritarian tendencies in Turkey, with Erdogan's government implementing measures that consolidated his powers.

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