19 arrested in probe of Yazıcıoğlu crash
Nineteen suspects have been arrested and eight others placed under judicial supervision in an investigation into the 2009 helicopter crash that killed former Great Unity Party (BBP) leader Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu and five others, prosecutors said on July 17.
The chief prosecutor’s office in Ankara said the suspects were detained in an operation targeting individuals allegedly linked to FETÖ, the terror group behind the failed coup in 2016.
Simultaneous raids were conducted at 30 addresses across 10 provinces, including Ankara, the office said in a statement.
It said arrest warrants had been issued for 29 suspects accused of involvement in the alleged “premeditated murder” of Yazıcıoğlu and his companions as part of FETÖ-related activities connected to the crash. Twenty-seven suspects were detained.
