(MENAFN) On Thursday, as many as 13 people were detain for their relations with Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), the group behind the 2016 defeated coup in Turkey, according to a security source.
The suspects were arrested within the scope of concurrent anti-terror raids in 17 provinces across Turkey.
Earlier, the prosecutor's office in capital Ankara had released detention warrants for 29 suspects as part of a probe into irregularities in staff recruitment exams, affirmed the source, who spoke in condition of secrecy.
The suspects, who included "covert imams" - senior FETO members - civil and military judge candidates, barred officers and on-duty lawyers, are defendant of staying in FETO/PDY (Parallel State Structure) houses to study for judicial exams held in 2013, the source added.
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