Turkey detains over 200 soldiers in raids over links to self-exiled Muslim cleric Gulen

Turkish authorities

Turkish authorities detained 203 soldiers on Tuesday, as security forces conducted raids on people accused of having ties to Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, who Recep Tayyip Erdogan says was behind the 2016 attempted coup.

The operation, which took place in 53 provinces, as well as Turkish-controlled Cyprus, came after the Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office issued arrest warrants for the suspects over claims they are linked to Fethullah Gulen and the Gulen movement, called the Fethullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) by the nation’s authorities.

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