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Turkish Prosecutors Order Detention Of 100 Soldiers Over Suspected US Muslim Cleric Connection

Turkish Prosecutors Order Detention Of 100 Soldiers Over Suspected US Muslim Cleric Connection

Turkish prosecutors ordered the detention of 100 soldiers over suspected links to the network of the U.S.-based Muslim cleric accused of orchestrating a failed coup in 2016, state-owned media said on Monday.

The detentions were the result of investigations into pay phone communications between alleged members of cleric Fethullah Gulen’s network, Anadolu said. It said the detentions were in…

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Turkish prosecutors demand 2 life sentences for Gulen: state media

Turkish prosecutors demand 2 life sentences for Gulen: state media

Istanbul (AFP): Turkish prosecutors have demanded two life sentences and an additional 1,900 years in prison for US-based Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen, blamed by Ankara for masterminding last month’s failed coup, state media reported on Tuesday.

In a 2,527-page indictment approved by prosecutors in the Usak region of western Turkey, Gulen is charged with “attempting to destroy the…

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Istanbul (AFP) - Turkish prosecutors on Friday dropped a case against more than 50 people, including sons of two former ministers, in a corruption probe that had rocked the Islamic-rooted government, the state-run Anatolia agency said. Source: AFP

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Turkish prosecutors have charged scores of police officers with illegally eavesdropping on top officials including Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, media said Saturday. At least 20 former police officers have been indicted since Friday and remanded in custody pending a possible trial, the private Dogan news agency reported. Over 100 serving and former police officers were detained last week in dramatic raids as part of the wiretapping probe. The officers are accused of fabricating an investigation as cover for wiretaps on prominent figures since 2010, including Erdogan, journalists, cabinet members and the head of Turkey's National Intelligence Organisation (MIT), Hakan Fidan. Source: AFP

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By Nick Tattersall and Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish prosecutors have dismissed a corruption case against 60 suspects, among them a former minister's son and a construction tycoon, burying part of a scandal that has dogged Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's inner circle for months, media said on Friday. The case, concerning the alleged award of illegal permits in building projects, was the smaller of two dossiers in the graft affair, which broke into the open on December 17 when businessmen close to Erdogan and three ministers' sons were detained. The scandal posed one of the biggest challenges of Erdogan's 11-year rule, leading three members of his cabinet to quit and drawing international criticism for his response - tightening control of the Internet, banning Twitter for two weeks and reassigning police, judges and prosecutors. Erdogan has cast the corruption investigations as part of an attempted "judicial coup" by U.S.-based Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen, a former ally who wields influence in the police and judiciary. Source: Reuters