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Police detained on May 15 at least 19 personnel from the Turkish Naval Forces in seven provinces, including the capital Ankara, over suspected links to the network of U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen.

At least 60 suspects linked to the network of U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen were detained during simultaneous raids across eight Turkish provinces on May 2, according to security officials.

Balkan countries should not tolerate efforts by the network of U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen to infiltrate their societies, Deputy Prime Minister Hakan Çavuşoğlu said on April 25. 

The European Court of Human Rights, ECHR has made a request for information concerning the 2016 extradition of Turkish businessman and alleged Fethullah Gulen supporter Abdullah Buyuk, Capital weekly reported on Monday.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country will consider returning the two Greek soldiers who have been detained in Turkey if Greece extradites the eight Turkish servicemen who sought protection in the country after the foiled coup attempt in July 2016, AFP reported.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country will consider returning the two Greek soldiers who have been detained in Turkey if Greece extradites the eight Turkish servicemen who sought protection in the country after the foiled coup attempt in July 2016, AFP reported.

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim on Friday responded sternly to a Greek court decision releasing one of eight Turkish servicemen seeking asylum in Greece, declaring that the country was becoming a "safe haven" for Turkey's enemies.

A new "structured infiltration" of the Turkish military by 3,000 suspected members of the movement of U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen has been exposed, Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli said on April 18.

A bank in Kosovo has suspended a number of private bank accounts linked to alleged members of the network of U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, according to local Kosovan media reports cited by Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency.

A Turkish former public prosecutor was among a group of people arrested while trying to cross into Greece on Monday, Turkish media has reported.