Turkish government issued detention warrants for 64 people over their membership to the civil society organisations (CSOs), which were closed by a government decree under the state of emergency over their alleged affiliation with the Gülen movement in the aftermath of a controversial coup attempt on July 15, 2016. Turkish police detained 26 of them on Friday in 9 provinces across Turkey.
Detentions came after İstanbul Chief Prosecutor’s Office issued detentions warrants for 64 people who used to take active role in the activities of the now-closed Gülen movement-affiliated Zühal Business and Women Association, the Association of Studies on History and Culture, Mehtap Young Academy Association, Boğaziçi Youth, Sport and Scouting Club Association, Active Marmara Educators Association.
Meanwhile, the Chief Prosecutor’s Office in Ankara said in a statement on Friday that detention warrants were issued for 23 gendarmes, including three still on active duty, over their alleged links to the Gülen movement.
Turkey survived a controversial military coup attempt on July 15, 2016 that killed 249 people. Immediately after the putsch, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government along with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pinned the blame on the Gülen movement.
Fethullah Gülen, who inspired the movement, strongly denied having any role in the failed coup and called for an international investigation into it, but President Erdoğan — calling the coup attempt “a gift from God” — and the government initiated a widespread purge aimed at cleansing sympathizers of the movement from within state institutions, dehumanizing its popular figures and putting them in custody.
Turkey has suspended or dismissed more than 150,000 judges, teachers, police and civil servants since July 15. On December 13, 2017 the Justice Ministry announced that 169,013 people have been the subject of legal proceedings on coup charges since the failed coup.
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu announced on April 18, 2018 that the Turkish government had jailed 77,081 people between July 15, 2016 and April 11, 2018 over alleged links to the Gülen movement.
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