540 soldiers from Turkish naval, air forces dismissed over alleged Gülen links
Some 540 soldiers from the naval and air forces command have been temporarily dismissed over their suspected links to U.S.-based preacher Fethullah Gülen and his network, who is accused of orchestrating a failed coup in July, the Defense Ministry said.
Some 427 of the soldiers were from the air forces while the other 113 were from the naval forces.
Some 368 of those temporarily dismissed were officers.
A total of 3,699 military personnel have been dismissed from the army, according to the ministry.
66 more judges, prosecutors dismissed in coup attempt probe
Turkey’s Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) dismissed 66 more judges and prosecutors on Oct. 5 over their links to the movement of Fethullah Gülen, the U.S.-based Islamic preacher who is seen as the main suspect behind the July 15 coup attempt.
The previously sacked judges included Rüstem Eryılmaz, the former head of the case into the killing of Armenian-Turkish journalistHrant Dink in 2007, and Ömer Diken, the head of the former “Balyoz” (Sledgehammer) coup plot case.
Mehmet Ali Pekgüzel, the prosecutor in the Ergenekon coup plot case, was also dismissed.
The government says Gülen’s followers spent years infiltrating institutions with the goal of overthrowing the state.
255 companies seized so far in Turkey’s post-coup attempt measures: TMSF
A total of 255 companies have been seized by the Saving Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) so far in the Turkish government’s post-coup attempt measures, TMSF President Şakir Ercan Gül has said.
“Some 255 companies have been seized so far,” said Gül in an interview on private broadcaster BloombergHT, Reuters reported.
He said the TMSF is responsible for running seized companies in the most efficient way but stressed that the process “has not been easy.”
Many companies have been appointed trustee panels or directly transferred to the TMSF over suspected links to the movement of U.S.-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, believed to be behind the failed coup attempt.
Row erupts between Nigeria, Turkey over Gülenists: Report
A row has reportedly erupted between Nigeria and Turkey over the followers of U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, who is believed to have orchestrated the attempted July 15 failed coup.