Turkey Detains More Suspects Linked to 2016 Coup Attempt

Date: 25 May 2021 - 22:13

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ANKARA (Xinhua) – Turkish police detained on Tuesday at least 38 suspects over their alleged relations to a network accused of orchestrating a coup attempt in 2016, Anadolu Agency reported. At least 23 suspects were detained as part of an investigation launched by the chief prosecutor in the capital Ankara after an arrest warrant was issued for 42 people, the agency reported. The investigation aimed to reveal covered members of the Gulen Movement in the gendarmerie command. The Turkish government accuses the movement of infiltrating into the state bureaucracy and then attempting a coup on July 15, 2016.