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The Grand Turk
Turkey detains dozens of police in new swoop against Erdogan foes
2014-09-02
[Al Ahram] Turkish authorities on Monday detained some two dozen coppers in new nationwide raids over an alleged plot to overthrow the Islamic-rooted government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him...
Has it occurred to anyone but me that Erdogan's got his own little Moslem Brotherhood coup going in Turkey?
He's been boiling the frog ever so slowly...
He's been open from the beginning about his intentions to re-Islamicize Turkey. It's not his fault people don't believe him.
Police conducted early morning raids in 16 cities across Turkey, including Istanbul as well as the western province of Izmir, and detained at least 20 coppers, private NTV television reported.

Among those jugged
Please don't kill me!
 is Yakup Saygili, the former chief of the police anti-fraud unit, it added.

It was the fourth such wave of raids since July as the government cracks down on what Erdogan has described as a "parallel state" within the security forces seeking to topple his government.

Arrest warrants were issued for at least 34 officers accused of a number of offences including illegally eavesdropping on brass hats and attempting to overthrow the government.

Since July, dozens of coppers have been arrested and placed in jug on suspicion of forming a criminal organization and wire-tapping hundreds of people including Erdogan.

The new arrests appeared to represent a new offensive against the movement of Erdogan's former ally Fethullah Gulen in the wake of a vast corruption scandal that broke late last year implicating Erdogan and his inner circle.

Erdogan has long accused followers of US-based Moslem holy man Fetullah Gulen of establishing a "parallel state" by using its sway in Turkey's police and the judiciary and of concocting the vast corruption scandal.

The allegations were based on recorded phone conversations -- purportedly of Erdogan and his inner circle -- whose publication held much of Turkey in thrall.

Gulen, who has been based in the United States since 1999, denied any involvement in the claims.
Posted by:Fred