21 minutes agoTurkey orders arrest of dozens of colonels
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Turkey has ordered the detention of 68 suspects, including dozens of colonels, in an operation targeting alleged supporters of religious cleric Fetullah Gulen, whom Ankara accuses of orchestrating failed attempts on the stake two years ago, has announced Turkish state agency Anadolu. Nineteen task officials are on [...]
Nineteen officials in office are among the persons to face ban, in the expanded operation in 19 provinces, including the Turkish capital, Ankara.
The agency has quoted several sources from the chief prosecutor's office that it has been found that suspects have been in contact with Gulen.
Turkey has detained 160,000 people and has nearly downloaded the same number of officials from their positions following failed coup attempts, the UN Human Rights Office announced in March.
Among them, more than 50,000 people have been charged and held in prison at the time of the trial.
Critics of the Turkish president, Recep Tayip Erdogan, accuse him of using the failed stamp as an excuse to suppress opponents. Turkey on the other hand declares that measures are necessary to combat threats to national security.
