Police launch operation targeting FETÖ in Turkish defense giant Aselsan

İstanbul, Mar 9 (DHA) - Police have launched an operation against suspected followers of U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen (Fethullahist Terror Organisation - FETÖ) in Turkey’s leading defense systems producer, Aselsan.

Some 84 detention warrants were issued in the operation that was carried out on Thursday, as part of the investigation carried out by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office.

A total of 43 people with suspected links to the FETÖ, which is widely believed to have masterminded the July 2016 failed coup attempt, were apprehended in simultaneous operations that were launched on 86 addresses in four provinces.

The suspects were sought for allegedly managing or being members of an armed terrorist organization. According to sources from the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, some of the detainees had already been dismissed and some are still on duty.