FETO operation in Istanbul: Former employee of Zaman newspaper and 2 fugitive FETO members were arrested

Istanbul police caught 3 fugitive suspects, members of the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), for whom there were search records, in simultaneous operations.

Istanbul Police Department Anti-Smuggling Crimes Branch Directorate and Intelligence Branch Directorate teams carried out work to capture those wanted from FETO.

During the investigation, it was determined that Mehmet Yılmaz, who was wanted for the crime of "being a member of an armed terrorist organization", had been a fugitive and a ByLock user for 10 years, and had worked as an editor, reporter and editor-in-chief in the media organs of FETO, especially in the closed Zaman newspaper, was staying in "absence houses", which are called "safe houses".

The addresses where Abdullah Ilık, who was sentenced to 6 years, 10 months and 15 days of imprisonment for the same crime, has been on the run for 3 years, has been operating at a responsible level within the terrorist organization and was found to be in the so-called private teaching institution management, and dismissed police officer Serdar Uluocak have been identified.

Following technical and physical follow-up, the teams detained 3 fugitive suspects in a simultaneous operation in Bayrampaşa, Üsküdar, Başakşehir and Ataşehir.

The suspects were arrested by the judicial authorities to whom they were referred after their procedures at the police station.