More than 50 former bourse staff detained in Turkey over Gulen links

 More than 50 former bourse staff detained in Turkey over Gulen links

Turkish police detained 53 former employees of the Istanbul stock exchange over alleged links to the US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, Haberturk newspaper reported.

Dawn raids were launched on 70 addresses, targeting suspects who were removed from their posts at Borsa Istanbul in the wake of the attempted putsch on July 15, 2016.

Prosecutors have ordered the detention of 102 people as part of the investigation, the paper said on its website. The Turkish government has blamed the network of the cleric Fethullah Gulen for the failed coup.

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