Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug. 19
By Orkhan Guluzade – Trend:
Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) cracked the codes of a messaging app called ByLock, which was used by Fethullah Gulen supporters, Haber 7 newspaper reported Aug. 19.
Gulen is accused of organizing the July 15 coup attempt in Turkey.
After cracking the app’s codes, via which the Gulen movement members were communicating, the MIT identified 53,000 Gulen supporters.
Currently, the National Intelligence Organization is decrypting 18 million messages sent by the Gulen movement participants.
An Istanbul court ordered on Aug. 4 to arrest Fethullah Gulen.
On July 15 evening, Turkish authorities said a military coup attempt took place in the country. Meanwhile, a group of servicemen announced about transition of power to them.
However, the rebelling servicemen started to surrender July 16 and Turkish authorities said the coup attempt failed.
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had said the death toll as a result of the military coup attempt stood at 246 people, excluding the coup plotters, and over 2,000 people were wounded.
Erdogan declared a three-month state of emergency in Turkey on July 20.
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