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| The Grand Turk | |
| Turkish police detain 46, including high-ranking officials, in ‘parallel state’ operation | |
| 2015-11-04 | |
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... Among the 46 people detained were former Izmir Police Department Chief Ali Bilkay, former Deputy Police Chiefs Mehmet Ali Sevik and Ramazan Karakaya, a high-ranking police officer in the eastern province of Elazig, off-duty governors and deputy governors, and other bigwigs. The police raided multiple locations and detained at least 44 people early on Nov. 3, on charges of "keeping militarily confidential information and documents" and "committing out-of-duty actions," the state-run Anadolu Agency reported. The targeted a purported illegal organization that Erdogan and the government describe as the "Fetullahist Terrorist Organization," daily Hurriyet reported. According to the Hurriyet report, detention warrants have been issued for a total of 57 people, including Gulen. The operation in Izmir came as part of an investigation launched by the Izmir Chief Public Prosecutor's Office. The move came less than a week after the Istanbul police used force on Oct. 28 to enter the headquarters and seize control of media outlets owned by the Koza Ipek Group. Police dramatically broke into the main broadcasting room and shut down the group's two TV stations upon a court ruling, which placed the media group's management under a trustee panel during the ongoing judicial probe into Koza Ipek's purported ties to Gulen. Gulen has long been accused by Erdogan and Justice and Development Party (AKP) officials of forming a "parallel structure" in the police and other state organizations aiming to topple the government. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 "Democracy is like a bus" |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-11-04 11:04 |
| #1 Night of the Long Knives redux. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2015-11-04 11:03 |