Ankara, Turkey: A American who born Turkey is believed to be behind a secret messaging application that has been associated with a failed Turkish military coup which arrived in Istanbul last month where he turned himself to the authorities, the news agency managed Wednesday.
Anadolu Agency said David Keynes, alleged license holder for the desired bylock messaging application in Turkey, was taken to police custody at Istanbul’s main airport on June 9.
Turkish authorities say bylock applications are used by us.
-Dased Muslim Fethullah Gulen, who was accused of arranging a coup.
This application has been used as evidence in the Turkish Court on allegations of failed efforts.
Keynes’s handover came a few months after he stated through his lawyer that he wanted to cooperate with the Turkish authority under the “repentance law” which provided softery punishment, Anadolu reported.
The agency said Keynes had been charged with a membership in the terror organization and faced the term prison a maximum of 15 years.
There is no test date specified.
On July 15, 2016, factions in the Turkish military used tanks, fighter planes and helicopters in an effort to overthrow President Tayyip Erdogan’s government.
Heed the call by the President, thousands of people took to the street to stop the coup.
As many as 251 people were killed and around 2,200 others were injured.
About 35 allegations of a coup plot were also killed.
Gulen, former Ally Erdogan who lives in Pennsylvania, denies involvement in a coup attempt.
Turkey has set a network of terror groups, which have been named by the Fethullahis Terror Organization, or Feto.
The government expressed an emergency after a failed coup and launched a big hard action on the network.
About 4,900 people have been sentenced to prison, including around 3,000 given a lifetime sentence.
More than 130,000 people were fired from public service work, including more than 20,000 military personnel.