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Turkish authorities detain 151 more people over alleged Gülen links: minister
['Turkish Minute']
Turkish Minute
Turkish police have detained 151 people over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement in the last two weeks, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on Wednesday, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported.
The minister said 82 of the suspects were arrested, while 54 were released under judicial supervision.
The prosecutors allege that a member of the Gülen movement used a single payphone to consecutively call all his contacts.
According to the latest figures from the Justice Ministry, more than 126,000 people have been convicted of alleged links to the movement since 2016, with 11,085 still in prison.
In addition to the thousands who were jailed, scores of other Gülen movement followers had to flee Turkey to avoid the government crackdown.