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11 detained in operations against Gulen supporters in Turkeyâ€™s Petkim holding - UPDATED

11 detained in operations against Gulen supporters in Turkeyâ€™s Petkim holding - <span style="color: red;">UPDATED

02 August 2016 09:40 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Vusal Nabiyev – APA-Economics. 11 people were detained as a result of the operations against the supporters of Fethullah Gulen carried out in several facilities of Turkey’s Petkim petrochemical holding in Izmir city on August 2.

The court passed a judgment on detention of 31 people, including officials of Petkim. 11 of them have been earlier detained in Istanbul and Manisa.

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Baku. Vusal Nabiyev – APA-Economics. Operations against the supporters of Fethullah Gulen are underway in Turkey’s Petkim petrochemical holding, the Anadolu Agency reported Aug.2

Currently, searches are being held in the campus on the territory of Petkim.

No other details of the operation have been reported.

Moreover, former director general of Petkim petrochemical holding Sadeddin Korkut was detained over the complaint of the company’s high-ranking official who was dismissed earlier.

Sadeddin Korkut was dismissed from his post and Anar Mammadov, who is also head of SOCAR Greece (SOCAR’s Greek subsidiary), replaced him.