Baku-APA. Former Istanbul Police Department Chief Huseyin Capkın was arrested Saturday over suspected links to the alleged mastermind of the July coup attempt, Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen, APA reports citing the Daily Sabah newspaper.
Capkın was detained earlier this week, when he was at home in the Izmir province. Shortly before, former governor of Istanbul Huseyin Avni Mutlu, who was also accused of having ties to Gulenists, was arrested.