Police detain suspended academic, teacher bound for Greece after coup attempt

Police detained an academic and a teacher, who were suspended from their duties as part of the ongoing probe into the July 15 failed coup attempt, as they were trying to escape to Greece illegally in the Uzunkörpü district of the border province of Edirne on Sept. 11, Doğan News Agency has reported.

Police units conducted an operation upon intelligence that two suspects were preparing to cross into Greece.

Associate Professor Hakan Akın, who was suspended from his duty at Marmara University's Medical Faculty on July 25, and literature teacher Şenel Özdemir, who was suspended from Sancaktepe High School in Istanbul on Aug. 1, were detained in the operation.

Akın and Şenel were both suspended from their duties as part of the investigation into the Fetullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ), which was accused of staging the failed takeover.

The duo paid a total of 12,500 euros in Istanbul to arrange their escape to Greece by crossing the Maritsa River that runs along the border, the agency said.

Police also seized an air raft, oar and pump while detaining the suspects.
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