Turkish security forces held three people at the Turkey-Greece border over links to Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), the group behind last July’s defeated coup, a security source said Sunday.
In northwestern Edirne province, Turkey’s border guards held a group of people, including children, trying to illegally enter Greece, said the source who refused to be named due to restrictions on talking to the media.
Security forces said the suspects including two women were working at FETÖ schools, and were accused of using of the ByLock mobile phone messaging app, which FETÖ members used to communicate with each other during last July’s defeated coup.
The ByLock app is believed to have been cracked by Turkish security agencies, allowing them to identify tens of thousands of FETÖ supporters.
The children in the group will be handed over to their relatives.
The Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), led by U.S.-based Fetullah Gülen, orchestrated the foiled coup attempt, which left 250 people martyred and nearly 2,200 others wounded.
FETÖ is also behind a long-running campaign to overthrow the state through the infiltration of Turkish institutions, particularly the military, police and judiciary
