Turkish authorities on Tuesday detained 38 people suspected of "framing" soccer team Fenerbahce's players and directors in a match-fixing investigation in 2011, as the government pressed ahead with a crackdown on supporters of a U.S.-based Muslim cleric, Associated Press reports.
The state-run Anadolu Agency said police had warrants for the arrest of 64 people suspected of involvement in the alleged plot against Fenerbahce officials.
At least 38 of them were detained in raids in Istanbul and 27 other cities. The suspects, who include former police chiefs, lawyers and at least one journalist, face possible charges of forming and belonging to a "terror organization" and conducting illegal wiretaps, the agency reported.
