The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor on Tuesday ordered detention of 1,112 people as part of a massive crackdown targeting the followers of the faith-based Gülen movement.
The suspects were accused of cheating in an exam for being deputy police chief in 2010, according to the state-run Anadolu news agency.
The agency reported at least 124 of them were detained during the police operations in 76 provinces.
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu on Sunday vowed another large-scale operation against the Gülen movement, the HaberTürk newspaper reported.
“We’re getting ready for another large-scale operation against ‘FETÖ’,” Soylu said, using the derogatory term coined by government circles to refer to the movement, adding: “We will blow their minds. They are still present, and they are waiting in wait for the government to weaken. Even demons don’t have their ability to deceive. But this country has children who will look out for it.”
Turkish government accuses the movement of orchestrating the 2016 coup attempt, although it strongly denies any involvement.
Since then over 600,000 people were investigated on terrorism charges.
Meanwhile in Tokat and Ankara, the police on Tuesday detained twenty one suspects over the Gülen links.
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from Turkish Minute https://www.turkishminute.com/2019/02/12/turkey-orders-detention-of-1112-people-over-gulen-links/
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