Turkish police arrest 15 senior military officers in Gulen probe
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Turkish police arrested 15 senior military officers in an investigation into the network of a US-based cleric who Ankara accuses of orchestrating last year's attempted coup, state-run Anadolu news agency said on Friday.
It said police were seeking one more officer in the operation, focused on the capital Ankara and spread across nine provinces, adding that 12 of the total 16 suspects were serving officers.
Among the suspects were seven colonels and nine lieutenant colonels from Turkey's gendarmerie force, which maintains security in rural areas, the Hurriyet news website said.
More than 50,000 people, including security personnel and civil servants, have been jailed pending trial in the aftermath of the failed putsch, which the government blames on Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen. He has denied involvement.
