FETÖ-linked police members detained in Turkey

Police detained 40 former police over alleged links to the FETÖ, the group behind the 2016 defeated coup attempt in Turkey, security sources said.

The expelled police members were detained in the Konya, Gaziantep, Kayseri, Adıyaman, Adana, Trabzon, Yozgat, Bursa provinces and Ankara.

A total of 50 suspects, including four police chiefs, were sought as part of a probe into FETÖ's clandestine network in the police forces, Hurriyet daily reported.