In total, more than 40,000 people have been culled from government positions and some 17,000 people from across different professions, such as police, judges, journalists and teachers, have been arrested.
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Officials have rejected concerns that their actions are too heavy-handed, pointing to the gravity of the coup plot, where rogue soldiers commandeered fighter jets and tanks and attacked parliament, killing more than 240 people.
Faruk Gulluoglu is one of Turkey’s best known suppliers of baklava, the traditional sweet pastry that rounds off meals, and its main shop is a magnet for tourists in Istanbul.
The Istanbul chief prosecutor’s office issued the warrants, Anadolu Agency reported.
Reportedly, earlier, head of the Board of Directors of Boydak Holding Mustafa Boydak and other board members were arrested for rendering financial aid to the movement of Fethullah Gulen who is accused of being involved in the military coup attempt in Turkey.
Turkey said Wednesday it expelled 73 more personnel from its armed forces as part of an ongoing effort to rid the military of what it says are followers of the alleged mastermind of the failed July 15 coup.
Meanwhile two fugitive Turkish admirals were detained late on Wednesday after nearly two months on the run, the Dogan Newsagency said.
Three journalists working for the nationalist Yenicag newspaper were detained at their homes and were being held at a sports hall in Ankara, the daily said on its website, describing the men as critics of the Gulen movement.
Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said “crisis centers” would be set up across Turkey to handle the claims of those who feel they have been targeted unfairly by the coup investigation. Almost 43,000 people overall have been dismissed from government jobs.
“Depicting people who have no ties whatsoever to FETO as putschists, replacing them with people from different sects amounts to building a new parallel structure”, said Agbaba. But that person is stuck with that label.
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“If a mistake is made, if there is anything contrary to justice and the law, it will be reviewed after operations are completed and mistakes will be corrected”, he said in a speech.
