Turkey: hundreds more detained over suspected links to Gulen
ANKARA -- Police have launched simultaneous operations across the country on Wednesday, detaining hundreds of people with suspected links to US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen.
Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said 1,009 people have been detained so far in the operation launched in all of Turkey's 81 provinces, describing it as an "important step" toward the government's aim at "bringing down" the Gulen movement.
The suspects are allegedly Gulen operatives who directed followers within the police force.
