MojNews- Turkey has ordered the Arrest of 128 military personnel over suspected links to the network accused by Ankara of orchestrating an attempted coup in 2016.
Police were looking for just over half of the suspects in the western coastal province of Izmir and the rest across 30 other provinces.They were suspected of being supporters of US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen , who is accused by Turkish authorities of masterminding the failed putsch three years ago. Gulen has denied any role.
More than 77,000 people have been jailed pending trial, while about 150,000 people from the civil service, military, and elsewhere have been sacked or suspended from their jobs because of suspected links with Gulen network.