Police detained 24 people on 16 October in three separate investigations conducted by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office into FETÖ/PDY. In the first investigation, prosecutors had 15 public employees detained in Istanbul and six other provinces over allegations of organizational profiling during Ministry of Justice recruitment interviews in 2012 and 2013 and the existence of payphone records involving some public officials. The investigation was based on statements by a secret witness codenamed “Albatros.” In the second investigation, police raided addresses in Istanbul’s Üsküdar district where organization members were allegedly hiding and detained five people. Digital materials, documents and cartridges were seized in the operation. In the third investigation, four people alleged to have used ByLock were detained in Istanbul, Karaman, Kocaeli and Ankara. The Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office said statement procedures and examination of the seized materials were continuing.
16 October 2026
Habere Güven