Turkey on Tuesday put a $12.8 million bounty on dozens of Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) fugitives, the group behind the 2016 defeated coup.
Seventy-four fugitive FETO ex-soldiers were added to the the Interior Ministry's wanted list on Tuesday -- with 12 in the top category.
One putschist was included in the orange and 61 others were added to the gray category in the wanted list.
The wanted list is divided into five color-coded categories, with red as the most wanted, followed by blue, green, orange and gray.
Suspect Ali Kalyoncu, an ex-Turkish brigadier general, was placed in the red category of the wanted list with a 4-million-Turkish-lira bounty (approx. $770,560).
Regarded as a senior figure, Kalyoncu was in capital Ankara on July 15, 2016 to command armed tanks and armored vehicles to occupy many critical spots including the headquarters of the Turkish General Staff.
Another fugitive former military officer is among the top wanted terrorists, ex-Brig. Gen. Mehmet Nail Yiğit ordered putschists on July 15 to arrest several politicians including former Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu and ex-deputy premier Numan Kurtulmuş.
Ahmet Zeki Gerehan, a former colonel, and Burkay Karatepe, an ex-captain, have been named in the red category.
Karatepe was part of a team assigned to assassinate President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Ex-majors, who escaped to Greece following the coup bid, Gencay Böyük and Ahmet Güzel, former captains Abdullah Yetik, Feridun Çoban, Süleyman Özkaynakçı and Uğur Uçan and ex-sergeants Bilal Kurugül and Mesut Fırat were also placed in the red category.
They have on them a 4-million-Turkish-lira (approx. $770,560) bounty each.
Another fugitive Ismail Sarı was included in the orange category of the wanted list with a 600,000-Turkish-lira (approx. $115,450) bounty.
The remaining 61 putschists are now in the gray category and they have a 300,000-Turkish-lira (approx. $57,700) bounty each.
FETO and its U.S.-based leader Fetullah Gulen orchestrated the defeated coup of July 15, 2016, which left 251 people martyred and nearly 2,200 injured.
Ankara 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.
