Türkiye detains 543 for suspected links to 2016 failed coup: minister
STORY: Türkiye detains 543 for suspected links to 2016 failed coup: minister
DATELINE: Oct. 19, 2022
LENGTH: 00:01:00
LOCATION: Ankara
CATEGORY: POLITICS
SHOTLIST:
1. various of suspected Gulen movement participants at ATMs
2. various of Turkish police counting the cash involved in the case
STORYLINE:
Turkish police detained 543 people on Tuesday in an operation across 59 provinces for their suspected links to a network accused by the government of orchestrating a coup in 2016, a minister said.
The eight-month-long investigation aimed at deciphering the structure, recruitment process of new personnel and financial resources of the Gulen movement, which the Turkish government accuses of infiltrating into the state bureaucracy and attempting the coup, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said at a press conference.
So far, 543 out of 704 wanted by the prosecutors have been detained, Soylu said, adding that 17 of the detained were working in the public sector.
The operation came after information showe
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