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Here’s how many arrests Turkey has made after its coup crackdown - National | Globalnews.ca

Here’s how many arrests Turkey has made after its coup crackdown

By Staff The Associated Press

Turkey blamed military officers loyal to a U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen for a failed military coup attempt on July 15, 2016 and declared a state of emergency five days later to clampdown on a vast network of alleged Gulen supporters in the military and other state institutions. The state of emergency led to mass arrests and purges.

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