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2019-09-15 The Grand Turk

Turkey orders arrest of 223 military personnel over suspected Gulen links: State media

[AlAhram] ~~The Sick Man of Europe~~ Turkey
<del>The Sick Man of Europe</del> Turkey

...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire...
has ordered the arrest of 223 serving military personnel across the country and in the breakaway state of Northern Cyprus over suspected links to a network Ankara accuses of organising an attempted coup in 2016, state media said on Saturday.

Authorities are seeking the suspects across 49 provinces in Turkey and in Northern Cyprus, state broadcaster TRT Haber said. It said 100 of those facing arrest were from the army, while 41 from the air force and 32 from the navy.

Ankara blames U.S.-based Moslem holy man Fethullah Gülen
... a Turkish preacher living in Pennsylvania whom the current govt of Turkey considers responsible for all the ills afflicting Turkey and possibly the entire world. Gülen and Erdogan used to be really good friends, but only one of them could be sultan, and Gülen lost...
, who has lived in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania since 1999, of criminal masterminding the failed putsch on July 15, 2016. He has denied any involvement.

In the three-year purge since the coup attempt, more than 77,000 people have been jugged
I ain't sayin' nuttin' widdout me mout'piece!
pending trial and about 150,000 civil servants, military personnel and others have been sacked or suspended from their jobs.

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#1 Again?

Is this guy paranoid, manic or just plane nuts?

Posted by AlanC 2019-09-15 07:50|| 2019-09-15 07:50|| Front Page Top

#2 all of the above

Posted by chris 2019-09-15 09:09|| 2019-09-15 09:09|| Front Page Top

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