Police arrest 8 FETO-linked suspects in Kastamonu

The suspects, including a neighborhood headman, were detained in an operation against the FETO organization in the Taşköprü district.

The suspects were working for the financing and restructuring of the FETO organization in the district of Taşköprü, police said.

Since May 2016, Turkey has classified the FETO organization as a terrorist organization under the assigned names Fethullahist Terrorist Organization and Parallel State Structure. 

After the failed coup attempt in 2016, the government of Turkey blamed the group for the coup and authorities have arrested thousands of soldiers and judges who have links to the organization. (ILKHA)