Dozens of Turkish Police Detained Over ’Anti-Gov’t Plot’: Media
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Dozens of Turkish police officers were detained on Monday in a fresh wave of arrests over allegations that officers were involved in plotting against the government, local media said.
Arrest warrants were issued for 33 police "seeking to overthrow the government," broadcaster NTV reported.
A former chief of a police financial unit was among those detained.
Dozens of police have been remanded in custody since July on charges that they formed a criminal organization and bugged phones, part of what new Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has described as a plot against him.
Moreover, the latest detentions came after Ahmet Davutoglu took over from Erdogan as prime minister last week following Erdogan's win in the country's first direct presidential election on Aug. 10.
Erdogan accuses U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen of using a network of followers, who have influence in the police, judiciary and other institutions, to try to oust him. Meanwhile, Gulen denies plotting against the state.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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