Turkish police arrested today 158 military As suspects for connections with the organization of the deceased preacher Fethullah Gulen, who is accused of having an attempt at a coup in 2016, the Istanbul prosecutor’s office announced.
According to the state -run Anadolu news agency, these arrests, which are added to about 50 others in late May, took place in 43 of the country’s 81 provinces, including those of Constantinople and Smyrna.
Others 18 military were still wantedthe prosecution announced, according to which these arrests mainly concern the army of land.
Fethullah Gulen, who died in late October in the US, where he lived for more than 25 years, was a close ally of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, before becoming his sworn enemy.
Ankara accuses Gulen’s followers of penetrating Turkish institutions, including the Justice, the Armed Forces, the Police and Education, to create a “parallel state”.
Nearly 26,000 people accused of joining the Gulenist movement, which is described as “terrorist” by Ankara, have been arrested after a failed 2016 coup attempt. More than 9,000 have been imprisoned, according to Turkish justice.
After the death of the preacher, who has always denied that he was linked to this failed coup, President Erdogan had vowed to pursue his followers to “the farthest corners of the world”.
Source :Skai
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