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| Turkey Detains Two Policemen in Erdogan Spying Case | |
| 2015-03-30 | |
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... , state media said Sunday. Sedat Zavar, a former police chief, and Ilker Usta, were detained at Istanbul airport late Saturday after their arrival on a flight from Bucharest, the Anatolia news agency reported. They face up to 36 years in jail on charges of "forming a crime syndicate", "violating privacy" and "illegally obtaining personal information," Anatolia said. They are expected to appear in court on May 4. The detentions are a part of an intensifying crackdown against followers of U.S.-based preacher Fethullah Gulen, accused by Erdogan of setting up a "parallel state" seeking to oust him from power and concocting a corruption scandal that rocked the government in late 2013. The authorities accuse police of bugging Erdogan and other brass hats at the behest of Gulen, whose extradition is being sought by ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... . Since becoming president in August 2014, Erdogan has intensified his offensive against Gulen followers and the authorities have conducted raids against dozens of coppers accused in the spying case. | |
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