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Turkey Issues 1,100 Arrest Warrants in Opposition Crackdown

HeadlineFeb 13, 2019

Turkey has issued over 1,100 arrest warrants to people with suspected ties to exiled cleric Fethullah Gülen, whom the government blames for a failed coup in 2016. Since 2016, at least 77,000 people have been arrested and around 130,000 fired from government and public sector jobs such as teaching, in a purge by the Turkish government.

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