Turkey detained over 150 suspects for alleged links with the failed 2016 coup

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ANKARA, 23 March, 2021 (TON): On Tuesday, the Turkish authorities arrested at least 150 suspected supporters of U.S. based Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen, including soldiers on active duty, over their links to the failed 2016 coup.

The media reported, police and gendarmerie were searching for 34 other suspects in 53 towns and cities.

The suspects include 123 active duty soldiers from the land, air, naval and gendarmerie forces.

Thirty-eight others are former cadets, who were purged following a failed coup by a faction in the military on 15 July, 2016.

However, Turkey sees Gulen's movement as a terrorist group and has jailed thousands over alleged links to the cleric.

 

 

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