ANKARA, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- Turkey on Friday issued an arrest warrant for 98 suspects across 45 provinces for alleged links to a network accused of orchestrating a coup attempt in 2016, semi-official Anadolu Agency reported.
The prosecutors of the capital Ankara issued arrest warrant over a probe for infiltration of members of the Gulen Movement into the Gendarmerie General Command.
The detained including seven active-duty officers and 53 dismissed people from public institutions.
Some 15 other suspects, including six public servants, were detained in a separate operation based in northwestern Balikesir province, the agency reported.
The Turkish government accuses the Gulen movement of infiltrating into the state bureaucracy and then attempting a coup on July 15, 2016.
Ankara says U.S.-based Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen was behind the coup attempt, in which at least 250 people were killed.
The Turkish government has launched a massive crackdown on suspects with links to the network in the aftermath of the coup attempt. Enditem