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Operation against Gulen movement in Turkey carried out without informing Justice Ministry

Politics Materials 22 July 2014 16:25 (UTC +04:00)
Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag hasn’t been informed about the operations carried out against the Gulen movement.
Operation against Gulen movement in Turkey carried out without informing Justice Ministry

Baku, Azerbaijan, July 22

By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:

Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag hasn't been informed about the operations carried out against the Gulen movement.

The country's Prosecutor General's Office is carrying out the operations without informing the Justice Ministry, Haber7 TV channel quoted Bozdag as saying on July 22.

Over 70 policemen have been detained as a result of the operation being held in Turkey against the supporters of the Fethullah Gulen movement.

Currently, the operation is being conducted on 200 addresses in the city of Istanbul.

The former Istanbul Police Department Intelligence Bureau chief Ali Fuat Yılmazer is among the detained.

The personnel purges against the supporters of Fethullah Gulen were resumed in Turkey's defense and law enforcement agencies on July 22.

Gulen, the founder of the Hizmet public movement, as well as, the Turkish Journalists and Writers Foundation, are accused of being involved in a huge wiretapping scandal by the Turkish government.

Following the case, Prime Minister Erdogan accused Gulen and representatives of his movement of standing behind the wiretapping of the phone conversations.

Erdogan also stressed that the Gulen movement, which he earlier called a "parallel structure", proved with its anti-state activities that it is not a religious movement but a politicized and illegal structure.

Turkish PM called on Gulen not to intervene in Turkey's internal affairs and accused the U.S. of supporting him.

A criminal case has been initiated in Turkey against Fethullah Gulen for his coup attempt and espionage against Turkey.

Earlier, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Gulen will be extradited from the U.S., adding that Turkey has launched the legal procedure for extradition of Gulen.

Edited by CN

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