15 Senior Military Officers Caught In Government Probe

December 22 2017

Turkey

Turkish police have detained 15 senior military officers in an operation targeting supporters of exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen, reports the state-run Anadolu Agency (Turkey).

The operation was held in nine provinces across the country the news agency said Friday, citing a security official.

The domestic Hurriyet Daily News said the suspects included seven colonels and nine lieutenant colonels from the gendarmerie.

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