Türkiye detains 26 army personnel over ties to 2016 coup bid
STORY: Türkiye detains 26 army personnel over ties to 2016 coup bid
DATELINE: July 27, 2022
LENGTH: 00:01:01
LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye
CATEGORY: LAW
SHOTLIST:
1. various of police operations (file)
2. various of the arrested suspects taken to the police station (courtesy: Ihlas News Agency)
STORYLINE:
Turkish law enforcement units have detained 26 military personnel on the grounds of aiding a network accused of orchestrating a coup attempt in 2016, local media reported on Tuesday.
In a joint effort by the army and the police forces to detain 35 individuals whose arrests were warranted by the prosecutor's office following surveillance, simultaneous raids were carried out in 18 provinces, with a focus on the western province of Izmir, said the Hurriyet daily.
Units from the Turkish Intelligence spotted out-of-protocol communication attempts by some army members with the network led by the U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, it added.
Among those whose arrest is warranted, 14 of them are former m
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