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| The Grand Turk |
| Turkey orders the detention of 304 military personnel in an operation targeting supporters of US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen |
| 2020-12-09 |
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Tuesday’s operation was initiated by the prosecutor’s office in the western coastal province of Izmir and was spread over 50 provinces, Anadolu said. The suspects, including five colonels and 10 captains, most of them on active duty, were believed to be in contact with people with links to Gulen’s network, Anadolu said. Since the coup attempt, about 80,000 people have been held pending trial and some 150,000 civil servants, military personnel and others have been sacked or suspended. More than 20,000 people had been expelled from the |
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