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Turkey rounds up businessmen suspected of Gulen ties
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA Turkish court has ordered 60 businessmen formally arrested pending trial over their suspected ties to the movement allegedly responsible for the failed coup in July, the state-run Anadolu news agency reports.
The agency says 110 businessmen were brought before an Istanbul court to be formally arrested on charges of “membership in a terrorist organization.”
Fifty were given conditional release, barring them leaving the country and requiring them to regularly report in to authorities, though the prosecutor will appeal.
The suspects are accused of belonging to the movement of US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, which Turkey accuses of orchestrating the coup attempt. Gulen denies any involvement.
— AP
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