Abdurrahim Karslı

Police detain 51 Istanbul University academics in coup attempt probe

Fifty-one academics out of 87 who were issued detention warrants have been detained by police at Istanbul University over suspected links to U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, accused of orchestrating the July 15 failed coup attempt, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported. 

Prosecutors seek detention of Istanbul University academics in coup attempt probe

Turkish prosecutors on Dec. 9 ordered the detention of 87 people linked to Istanbul University as part of an ongoing operation targeting the Gülen movement, accused by Ankara of being behind the July 15 failed coup attempt, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.