Türkiye: Turkish Interior Minister publicizes arrest of a whole lot of Gülen supporters | EUROtoday

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According to Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya, a whole lot of individuals have been arrested in Turkey for the exiled preacher Fethullah Gulen ought to have labored. There have been 544 arrests in 62 of Turkey's 81 provinces, wrote Yerlikaya auf X.

Those arrested had meant to be employed within the public service on the directions of the Gülen motion. To talk, they used the messenger app Bylock, which the Turkish authorities is satisfied is managed by Gülen.

The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accuses Gülen of being behind the 2016 coup try. The 83-year-old preacher, who has lived within the USA since 1999, denies the accusation. Since the tried coup, tens of 1000’s of individuals have been arrested in Turkey and almost 3,000 have been sentenced to life in jail. In addition, greater than 140,000 individuals have been dismissed from civil service.

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https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2024-05/tuerkei-festnahmen-fethullah-guelen-recep-tayyip-erdogan