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Turkey Detains 249 Foreign Ministry Personnel over Coup Links

Monday 20 May 2019
Turkey Detains 249 Foreign Ministry Personnel over Coup Links

People take over a tank near the Fatih Sultan Mehmet bridge during clashes with military forces in Istanbul in this photo on July 16, 2016

A Turkish prosecutor has issued arrest warrants for 249 foreign ministry personnel over suspected links to the opposition movement of US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen.

Alwaght- A Turkish prosecutor has issued arrest warrants for 249 foreign ministry personnel over suspected links to the opposition movement of US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen.

The Ankara chief prosecutor’s office said it ordered the arrest of 249 members of Turkey’s foreign ministry after investigations found that they had committed irregularities in the ministry’s past entrance exams, NTV broadcaster reported on Monday.

Authorities have carried out regular operations against the alleged followers of Fethullah Gulen, whom Ankara accuses of masterminding a failed coup attempt on the night of July 15, 2016. Gulen denies allegations he was behind it.

NTV said 78 suspects had been detained so far in operations across 43 provinces and that police were seeking the rest.

More than 77,000 people have been jailed pending trial, while some 150,000 civil servants, military personnel and others have been sacked or suspended from their jobs as part of the post-coup purges. Turkish courts have sentenced 1,949 Turkish citizens to life in prison in 248 court cases linked to the failed coup, according to state-run Anadolu Agency

Rights groups and Turkey’s Western allies have voiced concerns over the crackdown, saying President Tayyip Erdogan has used the abortive putsch as a pretext to quash dissent. The government has said the security measures were necessary due to the gravity of the threat Turkey faces.

 

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