Exam fraud suspects are wives of putschists: Prosecutor

Exam fraud suspects are wives of putschists: Prosecutor

Ankara prosecutor says husbands of KPSS case suspects violently participated in July 15 coup attempt

By Zafer Fatih Beyaz and Ferdi Türkten

ANKARA (AA) - Three suspects, who were arrested last week for allegedly cheating in a civil service recruitment exam in Turkey, were the wives of the high-ranked soldiers who participated in the July 15 coup attempt, it was revealed on Thursday.

Ankara Prosecutor's Office arrested 86 suspects last week after prosecutor Yucel Erkman issued arrest warrants for 105 people as part of the investigation over the 2010 civil service exam, known as KPSS.

Prosecutor Erkman requested Thursday from the court for continuation of detention of 83 suspects by a letter. This request letter has uncovered that husbands of the three suspects violently attempted to overthrow the Turkish government on July 15.

Suspect Reyhan Abra's husband Squadron Leader Sadullah Abra was a pilot who hit the Ankara Security Directorate on the night of July 15.

Husbands of the other suspects Kubra Gulmez and Kubra Sagun, Lieutenant Commander Haldun Gulmez and Bahadir Sagun were in the assassination team which attempted to kill President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on July 15.

The prosecutor's letter also revealed that most of the suspects, who are charged with being members of FETO/PDY, falsifying documents, and harming public institutions and organizations, are wives of the putschist high-ranked soldiers.

Prosecutor Erkman noted that those soldiers had been reported to the Turkish General Staff before the coup attempt ahead of the Supreme Military Council which convenes annually to determine the military's agenda and dismisses improper soldiers.

More than 500 people were arrested since December 2015 in several KPSS cases.

According to Prosecutor Erkman's indictment, nearly 295,000 people took the July 2010 exam. There was telephone contact among 1,970 of the 3,227 candidates who got high scores, and 907 of them did not take the next exam, when the 2010 exam was canceled and replaced by a new one.

The indictment says that 1,148 of the people who got high scores are also related to each other, while 896 of them are married. Moreover, 2,690 of the candidates worked for the same company or institution, while 1,136 of them gave identical contact addresses.

This indictment also states that 148 of the 350 people who got all 120 questions correct did not sit at the repeated examination.

It was also claimed that questions from many of the state exams were leaked and distributed, such as the 2009-2011 KPSS, 2011 and 2012 judicial exams, the 2011-2013 foreign language exam, and the 2012 University Entrance Exam, as well as gendarme exams, military high school exams, and police academy exams.

The indictment stresses that early versions of the culture, skill, and educational sciences sections of the 2010 exam were obtained and distributed beforehand, according to gendarmerie crime units, Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council (TUBITAK) reports, complaints, and statements of witnesses.

The 2010 KPSS was canceled and reheld, resulting in state damages of $9.11 million, the prosecutor said in the indictment.

The prosecutor opened the first case in December 2015 against 230 suspects. These cases still remain underway at Ankara’s Second Heavy Penal Court.

* Ilker Girit in Istanbul contributed to this story

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