Turkey: 64 FETO members get jail terms

By Baris Kilic and Ismet Karakas</p> <p>ANKARA (AA) – Turkish judges on Thursday handed jail terms to 64 people affiliated with the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), the group behind the 2016 defeated coup, according to judicial authorities.</p> <p>The FETO members were found guilty of leaking the civil service recruitment exam — also known as KPSS — in 2010, which they used to help them infiltrate state institutions.</p> <p>They were given prison sentences varying from six to 15 years.</p> <p>Muhammet Sait Gulen, a nephew of Fetullah Gulen, the ringleader of the terror group, was slapped with a sentence of six years and three months.</p> <p>FETO and its U.S.-based leader Fetullah Gulen orchestrated the defeated coup of July 15, 2016, which left 251 people martyred and nearly 2,200 injured.</p> <p>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. </p> <p> <p>* Writing by Ali Murat Alhas