Turkish police detained 34 military personnel in an ongoing investigation into the FETO, Ankara governorate announced on Wednesday.
FETO has been accused by the Turkish government of staging the defeated July 15 military coup attempt. The Ankara Public Prosecutor’s office issued arrest warrants for the military personnel, including commissioned and non-commissioned officers, on charges of being members of a terrorist organization.
A prosecutor’s statement added that 26 of the detainees were Turkish gendarmes. Five other suspects were land force officers, two were marine officers and one was from the air force. Those detained were held across 22 provinces.