Turkey: Over 1,000 detained for “terrorist” links to US-based Muslim cleric

Turkish authorities last week detained 1,682 people over suspected links to militants and arrested 516, the interior ministry said Monday, with more than 1,000 of those detained suspected of having links to exiled US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen. Also…. Some 110,000 people have beenĀ sacked or suspendedĀ in the civil service, army and judiciary and 36,000 people jailed…..Ankara … Continue reading Turkey: Over 1,000 detained for “terrorist” links to US-based Muslim cleric