Former officer of the Turkish Special Forces, Kenan Temur, one of the leaders of a terrorist group is reported to plan assassination of Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople Mesrob Mutafyan with a rocket launcher.

According to Milliyet Turkish daily, the law enforces also disclosed another terrorist group led by lieutenant Muhammed Sarikaya, who was planning to kill Ali Balkiz, chairperson of Alevite-Bektashi Federation.