The state-run Anadolu Agency said an arrest warrant was issued for Sukur late Thursday, accusing him of "membership in an armed terror organization." ANKARA, Turkey (AP) " Turkish authorities have issued a warrant for the arrest of former soccer star and legislator Hakan Sukur over his links to a U.S.-based Muslim cleric, accused by Turkey of masterminding last month's failed coup, media reports said Friday. Germany's Foreign Ministry meanwhile, confirmed a report by the weekly Der Spiegel that a German woman who was arrested in Turkey following the coup attempt was released on Friday. Meanwhile, Turkey's foreign minister told reporters that 32 Turkish diplomats who were called back to Turkey as part of an investigation into the coup attempt had failed to return. Sukur, who reportedly left Turkey last year, played for Inter Milan and Galatasaray and was Turkey's top goal-scorer in international competitions.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 12, 2016 09:42 UTC