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Former Istanbul Police Head Arrested Over Links to Gulen - Reports

© AP Photo / Murad SezerTurkish police stands guard outside of Bilgi University in Istanbul, Turkey (File)
Turkish police stands guard outside of Bilgi University in Istanbul, Turkey (File) - Sputnik International
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Former Istanbul Police Department Chief Huseyin Capkın was arrested Saturday over suspected links to the alleged mastermind of the July coup attempt, Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen, the Daily Sabah newspaper reported Saturday.

US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen at his home in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania. file photo - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Capkın was detained earlier this week, when he was at home in the Izmir province. Shortly before, former governor of Istanbul Huseyin Avni Mutlu, who was also accused of having ties to Gulenists, was arrested.

On July 15, the Turkish authorities said that an attempted coup was taking place in the country, which was suppressed the following day. Ankara believes that Gulen and his supporters were seeking to overthrow the current government. The Fethullahist Terrorist Organization/Parallel State Structure, made up of Gulen's supporters, is designated a terrorist organization by Ankara.

Following the coup, thousands of people, mostly officials, legal and educational workers, were detained or dismissed, commonly over alleged ties to Gulen and his organization.

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