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 allegedly cheating in an exam for being deputy police chief 8 years ago, 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.
“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.”
Meanwhile in Tokat and Ankara, the police on Tuesday detained twenty one suspects over the Gülen links.
Following the controversial coup attempt, the government launched a massive crackdown on followers of the Gülen movement under the pretext of an anti-coup fight as a result of which more than 150,000 people were removed from state jobs, 33,000 of which were police officers while in excess of 50,000 others were jailed and some 600,000 people have been investigated on allegations of terrorism. (SCF, turkishminute.com)
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