[Hurriyet Daily News] The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched a probe into 17 individuals including US politicians, The decision comes after some Turkish attorneys filed a criminal complaint against the individuals.
The suspects have been accused of attempting to overthrow the Turkish government and the country’s constitution and being members of a terror organization.
Former CIA Director John O. Brennan, New York Senator Chuck Schumer
Senator-for-life from New York, renowned for his love of standing in front of cameras. Schumer has been a professional politician since 1975, when disco was in flower. Senate minority leader as of 2017.
, US attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) President David Cohen and Henri Barkey, Director of the Middle East Program at Wilson Center are among the suspects.
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and suspected links to other FETÖ suspects.
Speeches and social media messages related to FETÖ made by the suspects have also been included in the investigation.
The Istanbul office may apply Interpol to issue a red notice against those individuals abroad.
In the wake of the July 2016 failed coup attempt, tens of thousands of FETÖ suspects have been tossed in the calaboose
Please don't kill me!
, including many in the armed forces, police, judicial system, education and business sector.
According to Turkey’s government, FETÖ under the U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen
... a Turkish preacher living in Pennsylvania whom the current govt of Turkey considers responsible for all the ills afflicting Turkey and possibly the entire world...
orchestrated the attempted takeover which left 249 people martyred and nearly 2,200 injured.