Binali Yıldırım
The Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETÖ) overshadows relations between Turkey and Kyrgyzstan, Turkey’s parliament speaker said on Thursday.
Binali Yildirim’s remarks came after his meeting with his Kyrgyz counterpart Dastanbek Djumabekov at the parliament in capital Bishkek.
The single issue which causes problems between Turkey and Kyrgyzstan is FETÖ, Yıldırım said.
Referring to FETÖ, Binali cited late Kyrgyz writer Chinghiz Aitmatov: "They dress like you, talk like you and betray their own nation. They work against their own nation by uniting with the enemies of their nation."
Security forces arrested 14 suspects across Turkey on Wednesday over alleged links to the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), the group behind the 2016 defeated coup, according to security sources.In counterterrorism operations based in southeastern Diyarbakir province, police arrested 14 suspects -- the so-called “covert imams” of the terror group -- across 15 provinces, said the sources on the condition of anonymity due to restrictions on speaking to the media.The arrests came after the Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office in Diyarbakir issued arrest warrants for 27 suspects.Police seized numerous digital materials during the operations, the source said, adding search is underway to apprehend the remaining suspects.FETÖ and its U.S.-based leader Fetullah Gulen orchestrated the defeated coup on July 15, 2016, which left 251 people martyred and nearly 2,200 injured.Ankara also accuses FETÖ of being behind a long-running campaign to overthrow the state through the infiltration of Turkish institutions, particularly the military, police, and judiciary.
14 FETÖ-linked terror suspects arrested across Turkey
FETÖ and its U.S.-based leader Fetullah Gulen orchestrated the defeated coup of July 15, 2016 which left 251 people martyred and nearly 2,200 injured.
Ankara also accuses FETÖ of being behind a long-running campaign to overthrow the state through the infiltration of Turkish institutions, particularly the military, police, and judiciary.