Baku, Azerbaijan, July 29
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
Head of the Executive Board of Boydak Holding Mustafa Boydak has been detained in Turkey’s Kayseri province, the Sabah newspaper reported July 29.
Moreover, vice chairman of the Board of Directors Sukru Boydak has also been detained.
Currently, searches are underway in the apartments of the detained.
Mustafa Boydak and Sukru Boydak have been detained for rendering financial assistance to the terrorist organization of Fethullah Gulen who was involved in the military coup attempt in Turkey.
On July 15 evening, Turkish authorities said a military coup attempt took place in the country. Meanwhile, a group of servicemen announced about transition of power to them.
However, the rebelling servicemen started to surrender July 16 and Turkish authorities said the coup attempt failed. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the death toll as a result of the military coup attempt stood at 246 people excluding the coup plotters and over 2,000 people were wounded.
Erdogan declared a three-month state of emergency in Turkey on July 20.
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