The Ministry of Justice announced that 720 thousand 580 people have been prosecuted so far in the investigations carried out regarding FETO/PDY.
10 years have passed since FETO's treacherous coup attempt. In its written statement, the Ministry of Justice stated that during the investigations carried out regarding the FETO/PDY armed terrorist organization, 720 thousand 580 people were prosecuted and 127 thousand 102 of these people were convicted. Additionally, the ministry noted that 124 thousand 861 people were acquitted.
"During the investigations carried out regarding FETO/PDY, 720 thousand 580 people were prosecuted."
In the statement, it was stated that although 10 years have passed since the coup attempt, the trials are still continuing, and said, "During the investigations carried out against the FETO/PDY armed terrorist organization, judicial proceedings have been carried out against 720 thousand 580 people. In the investigations and trials, cases and investigations are pending against 83 thousand 836 people. Investigations against 54 thousand 27 of these people and trials against 29 thousand 809 continue before the first instance courts. "During the trials, decisions were made for 636 thousand 744 people: 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 decisions have been made for 193 thousand 82 of the suspects and defendants."
"Judicial control decisions have been issued for 193 thousand 82 of the suspects and defendants, and arrest warrants have been issued for 33 thousand 837 of them," the statement said, adding, "The verdicts given for 119 thousand 407 defendants have been finalized, and of these decisions, 34 thousand 408 are convictions and 84 thousand 999 are acquittals. Measures Applied: 482 are detained, 368 are sentenced, 9 are sentenced." A total of 10 thousand 484 people, 1634 of whom are convicts, are in penal institutions. Of the 10 thousand 884 people in Penal Institutions, 1242 are women and 9 thousand 242 are men. When we look at the occupational distribution of these people, 20 are Members of the Council of State and the Supreme Court, 153 are Judges and Prosecutors, 57 are Lawyers, and 21 are CTE Personnel (HR and Institution Manager). "It has been stated that 106 of them are Brigadier Generals and higher ranks, 3 thousand 27 are colonels and lower ranks, 17 are District Governors/Deputy Governors, 366 are Police Chiefs and Police Chiefs, 1,406 are teachers, 671 are Policemen, 83 are Doctors, 70 are privates/commissioned officers, 310 are military students, and 4 thousand 177 are in other professional groups." expressions were used.
"More than 1.5 million of our citizens have been protected by the state"
In the statement, it was stated that out of 1 million 999 thousand 434 notification files submitted to the prosecutor's offices over the course of 10 years, 1 million 561 thousand 489 were given a "Decision that there was no need for an investigation" and the following was stated:
"All 289 Actual Coup Cases were decided by the first instance courts, and when the decisions given in these cases are examined, a total of 4 thousand 891 people were convicted, including 1,634 people with aggravated life imprisonment, 1,366 people with life imprisonment, and 1,891 people with term prison sentences; 2,870 people were acquitted, and 964 people were given no punishment. 4,891 people were sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment. Considering the occupational distribution of the defendants in the conviction decisions given against the defendant, a total of 1,634 people were sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment, including 85 generals, 116 officers, 266 petty officers, 56 specialist sergeants, 12 privates, 61 cadets and 32 civilians. A total of 1,366 people, including 92 privates, 352 cadets and 2 civilians, were sentenced to life imprisonment. A total of 1,891 people, including 26 generals, 776 officers, 323 petty officers, 427 specialist sergeants, 156 police officers, 45 privates, 106 cadets, 31 civilians and 1 civilian chief, were sentenced to 289 actual coups. 273 of the cases were sent to the Supreme Court for appeal review, 241 were approved by the Supreme Court, 16 of them were reversed, 2 of the cases are still under appeal, and the other 14 cases were finalized with various decisions given by the first instance court. Within the scope of the Right to Not Be Stained, a very important reform was made in our laws on 25 August 2017 and the 'Right to Not Be Tainted' became a legal document. Thanks to this protective mechanism added to our Code of Criminal Procedure, it has been prevented that our honest citizens are unjustly labeled as 'suspects' due to personal hostilities or that aim to abuse the notification system, and 1 million 999 thousand 434 notification files have been submitted to our Prosecutor's Office as of June 30, 2026. "As a result of extremely meticulous preliminary investigations, 1 million 561 thousand 489 of them were given a 'Non-Investigation Decision' (SYOK). In other words, more than 1.5 million of our citizens were protected by the state without being included in the judicial system on false accusations, without being recorded as suspects in courthouses and without the slightest stain on their names." - ANKARA