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Turkish authorities arrest dozens of people under the pretext of attempting a coup

10/18/2019, 11:44:26 AM


ANKARA (AP) - Turkish authorities have arrested 32 people and issued arrest warrants for nine others as part of a pregnancy

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Turkish authorities today arrested 32 people and issued arrest warrants for nine others as part of their arrests under the pretext of the July 2016 coup attempt.

The Anatolia news agency quoted security sources as saying that "Istanbul prosecutors issued arrest warrants for 41 people in 23 Turkish provinces, including 33 police officers in the service, where 32 of them were arrested in connection with the preacher Fethullah Gulen," which this system accuses of being behind The coup attempt is a sign that the arrests of the others continue.

During the three years since the coup attempt, the authorities of the Turkish regime imprisoned more than 77 thousand people and took decisions to dismiss or suspend work against about 150 thousand workers in the government, the army, the judiciary, education and other institutions.

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