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Turkey detains 115 soldiers over Gulen ties: state media
[Rudaw] The detentions came after the Istanbul public prosecutor issued arrest warrants for 210 active duty soldiers including five colonels, state news agency Anadolu reported. Officers detained 55 suspects in Istanbul, 60 suspects elsewhere, Anadolu said, without giving details about the remaining individuals. Those tossed in the calaboose Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! are among tens of thousands of people detained over alleged links to US-based Moslem preacher Fethullah Gülen  ... a Turkish preacher living in Pennsylvania whom the current govt of Turkey considers responsible for all the ills afflicting Turkey and possibly the entire world...who Ankara blames for orchestrating the 2016 failed coup, which Gulen strongly denies. Since the attempted overthrow of President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First  ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey..., police have carried out raids across ...the most dubious NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the cut of the American pants... ally.... with operations almost everyday in recent months. The Ankara public prosecutor's office earlier on Friday also issued detention warrants for 41 suspects in 13 provinces over alleged links to the Gulen movement. As well as the arrests, authorities have sacked or suspended over 140,000 public sector workers including teachers, judges and soldiers. Posted by: trailing wife 2019-04-27 |
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