Police officials in Turkey detained 150 people in a raid targeting the suspect in the military accused of relations with Muslim scholars who say that Ankara was behind the 2016 effort tried, the Anadolu news agency owned by the State on Tuesday.
The government operation in 53 provinces across the country is part of a sustainable crackdown on the preacher network based in Fethullah Gulen. More than 250 people were killed in failed Putsch in July 2016. On the other hand, Gulen, the famous Turkish preacher, has denied any involvement in the coup.
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The prosecutors ordered an arrest of more than 184 suspects, including 123 serving military personnel, the Anadolu agency reported. It was said that the suspect was also targeted at North Cyprus, where the Turkish military is deployed.
The police were carrying out the nationwide operation to arrest suspect suspects, he said. Among the suspects were two Colonel, seven majors, ten captains, and 22 lieutenants in the country’s army. After the coup attempt, around 80,000 people held a delayed trial, and around 150,000 civil servants, military personnel, and others were fired or suspended over their involvement in the coup. More than 20,000 people have been excluded from the Turkish military so far.
About 39 suspects belonged to land forces, while 97 came from the Air Force, six of the Navy, four of the Gendarmerie, and 38 were graduates of military schools that were dissolved after the July 15, 2016, failed coup, which was widely believed to have been regulated by Gulen.
In a separate operation in the Turkish capital, Ankara, Warrants were issued for 19 suspects on the network. According to the Head of the General Prosecutor’s office, the suspects were accused of communicating with Gulenists Builders through payphones.
Those who were sought by warrants, including 11 sergeants, three retirees, two officers, were not assigned, and one of the military students returned. Turkey considers the Gulen network as a terrorist organization and has carried out a widespread operation since the bid of the coup.
