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Turkish authorities seek 695 arrests over alleged links to US-based cleric Gulen | Turkish authorities seek 695 arrests over alleged links to US-based cleric Gulen |
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Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants against 695 people suspected of alleged links to the US-based Muslim cleric blamed by Turkey for a failed coup attempt in 2016. | Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants against 695 people suspected of alleged links to the US-based Muslim cleric blamed by Turkey for a failed coup attempt in 2016. |
According to an Anadolu report on Tuesday, prosecutors were seeking the arrests of 467 people suspected of cheating in a police promotion examination in 2009. Warrants were also issued against 157 military officers – 101 of them still on active duty – and 71 Justice Ministry personnel. | According to an Anadolu report on Tuesday, prosecutors were seeking the arrests of 467 people suspected of cheating in a police promotion examination in 2009. Warrants were also issued against 157 military officers – 101 of them still on active duty – and 71 Justice Ministry personnel. |
Since the attempted coup on July 15, 2016, some 77,000 people have been arrested and around 130,000 others, including military personnel, have been dismissed from state jobs in a crackdown on Fethullah Gulen’s network, AP said. | |
Gulen, who has lived in self-imposed exile in the United States since 1999, denies involvement in the coup attempt. | Gulen, who has lived in self-imposed exile in the United States since 1999, denies involvement in the coup attempt. |
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