Turkiye arrests 910 suspects this year in operations against Gulen movement

14/7/2025 19:35

Turkiye has arrested 910 individuals so far this year in nationwide operations targeting the Gulen movement, with another 1,006 individuals placed under judicial control, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said Monday.



In the past two weeks alone, Turkish gendarmerie forces have detained 50 more suspects in coordinated raids in Ankara and 19 other provinces, 33 of whom were formally arrested, five placed under judicial control, and the rest going through proceedings, Yerlikaya said on the social media platform X.



The individuals are accused of conducting activities within the current structure of the movement, maintaining contact with senior operatives via payphones, financing organizations affiliated with the movement, and spreading its propaganda on social media, he said.



The Turkish government classifies the Gulen movement as a terrorist organization and holds it responsible for the July 15, 2016, coup attempt, in which more than 250 people were killed. The movement was led by Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen, who lived in the United States from 1999 until he died in 2024.