Detention warrants issued for 208 over Gulen links in past day alone

Detention warrants were issued for 208 people as part of investigations into the Gulen movement followers across Turkey on Tuesday.

Milliyet newspaper said the number of people sought over Gulen links as part of Tuesday investigations totals 208. The daily said 96 of the suspects are targeted in an Ankara-based probe, 68 are in Kayseri, 34 in Konya and 10 in Ankara.

It was unknown how many of the suspects were detained as of Tuesday afternoon.

Turkish government accuses Gulenists of masterminding the July 15, 2016 failed coup while the group denies involvement. More than 220,000 people have been detained and 90,000 were remanded in pre-trial detention since the summer of 2016.

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