The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Friday issued detention warrants for 30 former Health Ministry staff members as part of a crackdown on the faith-based Gülen movement, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported.
According to the report 20 of those being sought were detained by the police, three of them while working at a private hospital.Turkish authorities accuse the Gülen movement of orchestrating a coup attempt in 2016, although the movement denies any involvement.Since then the Turkish government has been pursuing a crackdown on the movement, dismissing some 140,000 public servants and investigating more than 600,000 people on terrorism charges.
