Those arrested, as well as tens of thousands of public sector workers who have been suspended from their jobs, are suspected of having links to FETO, which the government says orchestrated the July 15 coup attempt.
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Business is the arena in which the network of Fethullah Gulen is still the strongest, Erdogan said in a speech from his palace broadcast live. Numerous dead were civilians.
Many Turks see Gulen followers as members of a cult and assert that they burrowed into Turkish institutions, including the military, judiciary and educational systems, benefiting from their earlier collaboration with the AKP.
As of late July, the number of people thought to be affected by the crackdown in Turkey totaled nearly 60,000 – including 21,000 teachers whose licenses were revoked, 8,000 police removed from their posts, more than 250 staff from the prime minister’s office, as well as judges and soldiers, according to the BBC.
He told Arrayah daily that Qatar and Turkey were against the failed military coup since the first moment, adding that Qatar’s support and solidarity came as per expectations. The Hizmet movement runs some 2,000 educational establishments in around 160 countries, from Afghanistan to the United States.
Many people were detained in the raid on the offices of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (Tubitak) in the northwestern province of Kocaeli on Wednesday, NTV said.
Austria’s Chancellor Christian Kern on Wednesday said the membership talks were “no more than fiction”.
His comment was made during a joint news conference with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.
“It’s disturbing that his statements are similar to those of the far right”. But he did not entirely dismiss them.
In a statement, the federation said, “Our federation deemed it necessary to suspend 94 people, including regional and nationally-ranked referees and assistant referees, regional refereeing committee members and national and regional observers”.
Tensions between the Turkish leadership and the country’s ostensible Western allies have surged over his response to the coup. It insists it shouldn’t have to, arguing that it has summarily extradited alleged terrorists at requests from the West. Turkey has also demanded that Gulen be arrested in case he tries to flee or tamper with evidence.
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Eker said the cleric’s movement had hundreds of schools, charities or other establishments in more than 100 countries and warned they too could face “security risks” from the group in the future.
