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Turkey issues warrants for over 100 accused of Gulen ties

The Turkish prosecutor's office ordered the arrest of 118 people suspected of ties to the outlawed Gulen movement.
U.S.-based Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen at his home in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. July 10, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Mostoller - RC1C1F12DE90

Turkey has issued arrest warrants for 118 people accused of ties to the outlawed Gulen movement, the prosecutor’s office in Istanbul said on June 2.

The state-run Anadolu Agency said 72 suspects had been apprehended in raids across 35 Turkish provinces. Istanbul police and the counterterrorism unit were looking for the remaining 46. 

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