Counter-terrorism police conducted operations in 10 provinces across Turkey including Istanbul, Ankara and Şanlıurfa, and a number of detentions were reported.
The suspects included the former editor-in-chief of Daily Zaman Ekrem Dumanlı, the CEO of the Koza İpek group Akın İpek, and Fatih University rector Professor Şerif Ali Tekalan.
Forty-three of the suspects are reported to have been abroad when the police arrived to detain them.
Former AKP Ä°zmir deputy Ä°lhan Ä°ÅŸbilen was also detained in Istanbul. Ä°ÅŸbilen had served as the general manager of daily Zaman and Samanyolu TV, outlets known as being close to Gülen.
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