Turkey orders arrest of 158 in military probe over Gulen links

ISTANBUL, 21 October 2021, (TON): Turkish prosecutors ordered the arrest of 158 suspects including 33 serving soldiers in an operation targeting people allegedly linked to a preacher who Turkey says was behind a 2016 failed coup, state-owned Anadolu news agency said.

The investigation, stretching across 41 provinces, was part of a five-year-old crackdown against the network of US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen. He denies any involvement in the putsch of July 2016, in which more than 250 people were killed.

So far 97 people have been detained in the latest operation, Anadolu said. The suspects included 110 military students who were expelled in the wake of the coup attempt, as well as 48 serving and former military personnel.

Rate this item
(0 votes)
Login to post comments
Go to top