2nd Criminal Court of Peace

The Turkish Justice Ministry demanded Washington on Sept. 13 arrest U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen over the July 15 failed coup attempt, sending the first temporary arrest request to the country, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Ankara accuses Gülen of giving the order for the failed coup attempt and commanding it, a charge he denies.

A local court in Ankara has dismissed an appeal to block reports including profanity and hate speech, apparently directed at a number of academics who had signed a petition calling for an end to the ongoing violence in Turkey's southeast, saying the reports were "within the scope of press freedom."   

Five former police officers recently detained on the charge of "negligence on public duty" have been released, and four others under arrest have been cleared of charges of "committing deliberate murder," "forming an illegal organization," and "membership of an illegal organization to commit crime" in the murder case of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink.

Some 15 suspects of 23 detained have been arrested as part of an investigation into alleged fraud in a 2010 nationwide civil service recruitment exam. The remaining eight suspects have been released on probation.

Seven on-duty military officers were arrested on May 18 while three soldiers were released, within the investigation into the halting of Syria-bound National Intelligence Organization (M?T) trucks in January 2014.

Istanbul's second criminal court of peace decided for the arrest of seven out of 10 detained officers and soldiers on May 18. 

An operation was launched on May 15 in Istanbul and Ankara as a part of the investigation into the halting of Syria-bound National Intelligence Organization (M?T) trucks in January 2014.

Four prosecutors and a former commander were arrested on May 6 in the investigation into the halting of Syria-bound National Intelligence Organization (M?T) trucks in January 2014, which led to a nationwide crisis and a series of detentions against top security personnel.