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Turkish police detain 32 suspects over links to failed coup

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STORY: Turkish police detain 32 suspects over links to failed coup
SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 17, 2024/file
DATELINE: Jan. 18, 2024
LENGTH: 0:01:09
LOCATION: Ankara
CATEGORY: POLITICS/LAW

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1. various of Turkish police detaining 32 suspects (courtesy of Turkish Interior Ministry)

STORYLINE:

Turkish police on Wednesday detained 32 suspects over their links to the failed coup attempt in 2016, according to the country's Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya.

Yerlikaya said on the social media platform X that Turkish police conducted raids across 10 provinces in simultaneous operations dubbed "Pinch-4".

The suspects are allegedly connected to the Gulen movement, which the Turkish government accuses of orchestrating the coup attempt on July 15, 2016.

The government accuses the Gulen movement of infiltrating the state bureaucracy, committing fraud in exams to aid its members employed in the public sector and influencing admission interviews at military schools.

In Istanbul, authorities apprehended two landlords and four individuals subject to arrest warrants. The inquiry reportedly uncovered a practice of leasing residences using the identities of individuals aiding the group of suspects, who collectively occupied these homes to evade capture.

In separate operations in Ankara and Bursa provinces, four suspects were detained for allegedly participating in the group's military hospital structure. Additionally, five others were apprehended in Balikesir province after it was determined that they had bank accounts in Bank Asya, which the Turkish government accuses of being operated by the Gulen movement.

The Gulen movement is allegedly led by and named after Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen, who his followers regard as a spiritual leader. Ankara has accused the U.S.-based preacher of masterminding the attempted coup, in which at least 250 people were killed.

The Turkish government has launched a massive crackdown on suspects with links to the network in the aftermath of the coup attempt.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Ankara.
(XHTV)

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