Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug. 25
By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend:
Five employees of the Constitutional Court of Turkey have been detained, the Anadolu Agency reported Aug. 25.
The detainees are suspected of having ties with the Fethullah Gulen’s movement. Gulen is accused of being involved in the organization of the July 15 military coup attempt in Turkey. An Istanbul court ordered on Aug. 4 to arrest Gulen.
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 had said 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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