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The Grand Turk
Turkey orders detention of 210 military personnel over links to Gulen
2019-04-28
More on this story from yesterday.
[DAWN] Istanbul prosecutors ordered the detention of 210 military personnel over suspected links to the network blamed by Ankara for orchestrating a failed 2016 military coup, the Istanbul chief prosecutor’s office said on Friday.

It said the suspects from the air, marine and land forces, as well as the gendarmerie and coasties, included five colonels, seven lieutenant colonels, 14 majors, and 33 captains.
Is the Turkish military entirely hollowed out yet?
They were suspected of being supporters of US-based Moslem holy man 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 is accused by Ottoman Turkish authorities of criminal masterminding the failed putsch three years ago. Gulen has denied any role.

More than 77,000 people have been nabbed
You have the right to remain silent...
pending trial since the coup and widespread arrests are still routine. Authorities have suspended or sacked 150,000 civil servants and military personnel.

Posted by:Fred

#1  Sri Lanka may have an action plan.
Posted by: Skidmark   2019-04-28 15:08  

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