Turkish court sentences 6 for FETO membership

By Recep Bilek

SAMSUN, Turkey (AA) - Six people were convicted and sentenced on Wednesday in Turkey's Black Sea region for being members of the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), the group behind the defeated 2016 coup attempt, according to a judicial source.

The 2nd High Criminal Court in the city of Samsun sentenced Enes Cetin and Yusuf Ozbek to over seven years in prison for being members of an armed terrorist group, said the source, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media

Nurullah Saygin, Oktay Dolu, Samet Yilmaz and Uzeyir Aydemir received nearly seven years for the same offense.

FETO and its U.S.-based leader Fetullah Gulen orchestrated the July 2016 defeated coup, which left 250 people martyred and nearly 2,200 injured.

Ankara 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.