Nilgün K., a teacher, detained as part of the investigation against the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), was discovered to have transferred millions of Turkish liras to accounts in Tokyo and New York by opening a bank account in behalf of her 5-year-old daughter, as a part of the investigation on FETÖ terrorists.
The couple's alleged relation with the terrorist organization was revealed after the examination of Bayram Çiftçi, who confessed that he was a FETÖ member and wanted to take advantage of the effective remorse law.
Nilgün K., who is wife of a suspected FETÖ-member Erdem K., was captured at the airport as she was attempting to flee Turkey with seventeen luggages.
After she was detained, she was discovered to have transferred money to different cities, including New York, Oslo, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Copenhagen, Milan, Düsseldorf, London and Montreal.
The woman was provisionally released, while her husband is still being detained.
The investigation against FETÖ was opened after the bloody coup bid on July 15 that killed 246 people.
Turkey accuses Fetullah Gülen, the leader of the FETÖ terrorist organization, of masterminding the failed putsch and has demanded that the U.S. extradites Gülen to face trial.
