Turkish court issues sentences in FETO’s plot in ‘football match-fixing case’

Former TV executive, ex-head of Istanbul Organized Crime Control Bureau, officer receive more than 3,500 years combined

By Murat Kaya

ISTANBUL (AA) - A Turkish court handed down lengthy sentences in a "football match-fixing case" involving a plot by the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) from 2011.

The 23rd Istanbul Heavy Penal Court issued its final verdict to former chairman of Samanyolu TV (STV) Hidayet Karaca, who received a sentence of 1,406 years for "breaching the privacy of communications," "forgery of official documents" and "slander."

Former police officer Lokman Yanik, on trial for allegedly initiating the investigation process of FETO’s "football match-fixing case," received 161 years and eight months for "helping an armed terrorist organization," "slander" and "forgery of official documents."

The former chief of Istanbul Organized Crime Control Bureau Nazmi Ardic was sentenced to 1,972 years and 10 months for "breaching the privacy of communications" and similar charges.

Some of the 88 defendants were acquitted.

FETO and its US-based leader Fetullah Gulen orchestrated the defeated coup of July 15, 2016, in which 251 people were killed and 2,734 injured.

Ankara also accuses FETO of being behind a long-running campaign to overthrow the state through the infiltration of Turkish institutions, particularly the military, police, and judiciary.

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