Istanbul court remands in custody US consulate employee
The court said Topuz had links to Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) suspects, including police commissioners and fugitive former public prosecutor Zekeriya Oz, who had been accused of "forming an organization to commit crime" and "attempting to overthrow the government by use of force" in a plot allegedly masterminded by U.S.-based Fetullah Gulen.
FETO and Gulen orchestrated the defeated coup attempt of July 15, 2016, which left 250 people martyred and nearly 2,200 injured.
Ankara also accuses FETO of being behind a long-running campaign to overthrow the state through the infiltration of Turkish institutions, particularly the military, police and judiciary.