In the investigations carried out so far regarding the FETO/PDY armed terrorist organization, 720 thousand 580 people have been prosecuted. Cases and investigations continue against 83 thousand 836 people.
According to the data of the Ministry of Justice, 720 thousand 580 people were prosecuted in the investigations carried out regarding the FETO/PDY armed terrorist organization. Cases and investigations continue against 83 thousand 836 people. Investigations against 54 thousand 27 of these people and trials against 29 thousand 809 of them continue before the first instance courts. Decisions were made about 636 thousand 744 people in investigations and trials. 127 thousand 102 people were convicted, 124 thousand 861 people were acquitted, 11 thousand 107 people were postponed, the verdict was declared not to prosecute 373 thousand 642 people, and 32 people were given other types of decisions.
Judicial control orders were issued for 193 thousand 82 of the suspects and defendants, and arrest warrants were issued for 33 thousand 837 of them. While the verdicts given for 119 thousand 407 defendants were finalized, these decisions; 34 thousand 408 were convictions and 84 thousand 999 were acquittals.
A total of 10 thousand 484 people are in penal institutions, of which 482 are detained, 368 are under sentence, and 9 thousand 634 are convicts. Of the 10 thousand 484 people in penal institutions, 1242 are women and 9 thousand 242 are men. When we look at the occupational distribution of these people; 20 members of the Council of State and the Supreme Court of Appeals, 153 judges and prosecutors, 57 lawyers, 21 CTE personnel, 106 brigadier generals and higher ranks, 3 thousand 27 colonels and lower ranks, 17 district governors/deputy governors, 366 police chiefs and police chiefs, 1406 teachers, 671 police officers, 83 doctors, 70 of them are private/non-commissioned officers, 310 are military students, and 4 thousand 177 are in other professional groups.
All 289 actual coup cases were decided before the first instance courts. Considering the decisions made in these cases; A total of 4 thousand 891 people were sentenced, including 1634 people with aggravated life imprisonment, 1366 people with life imprisonment, and 1891 people with limited prison sentences; A decision of acquittal was given for 2 thousand 870 people, and a decision was made for no punishment for 964 people. When we look at the occupational distribution of the defendants in the conviction decisions given for 4 thousand 891 defendants; A total of 1634 people, including 85 generals, 1 thousand 116 officers, 266 petty officers, 56 specialist sergeants, 6 police officers, 12 privates, 61 cadets and 32 civilians, were sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment. A total of 1,366 people, including 24 generals, 536 officers, 181 petty officers, 170 specialist sergeants, 9 police officers, 92 privates, 352 cadets and 2 civilians, were sentenced to life imprisonment. A total of 1891 people, including 26 generals, 776 officers, 323 petty officers, 427 specialist sergeants, 156 police officers, 45 privates, 106 cadets, 31 civilians and 1 civil servant, were sentenced to limited time imprisonment.
Of the 289 actual coup cases that were decided, 273 were sent to the Supreme Court for appeal review, 241 were approved by the Supreme Court, 16 were overturned, and 16 are still being examined by the Supreme Court.
On August 25, 2017, the laws were reformed and the 'Right to Be Not Stained' became a legal guarantee. Thanks to this protective mechanism added to the Code of Criminal Procedure; Personal hostilities, abstract or malevolent allegations aimed at abusing the reporting system were prevented. While preventing honest citizens from being unfairly labeled as 'suspicious' and being unfairly harassed by the society, out of 1 million 999 thousand 434 notification files that have reached the prosecutor's offices as of June 30, 2026 since the day the legal regulation came into force, a 'Decision of No Need for Investigation' was given in 1 million 561 thousand 489 of them, as a result of extremely meticulous preliminary examinations. In other words, more than 1.5 million citizens were protected by the state without being included in the judicial system on false accusations, without being registered as suspects in courthouses, and without the slightest stain on their names.