Turkish authorities have detained a brother of Fethullah Gulen, a U.S.-based cleric they accuse of orchestrating a coup attempt in July, and issued arrest warrants for 115 other people as part of nationwide investigations into the abortive putsch. The daily Hurriyet reported that Kudbettin Gulen had been abroad recently but that security services learned he had returned to Turkey and he was then detained. Several of Gulen's relatives, including a nephew, niece and cousins, have been arrested since the July 15 coup. A court issued arrest warrants for 115 of them. Security crackdownTurkey has dismissed or suspended more than 100,000 people in the military, civil service, police and judiciary over their alleged role in the attempted coup.

Source: CBC News October 03, 2016 13:07 UTC