Ankara [Turkey], September 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey on Friday detained at least 35 people for their alleged links to a network accused of orchestrating a coup attempt in 2016, semi-official Anadolu Agency reported.

The chief prosecutor of the capital Ankara issued arrest warrants for 51 suspects across 19 cities of Turkey over a probe for infiltration of members of the Gulen Movement into the state institutions.

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The suspects are accused of communicating with Gulen's covert "imams" by using prepaid landlines.

The Turkish government accuses the Gulen movement of infiltrating into the state bureaucracy and then attempting a coup on July 15, 2016.

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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. (ANI/Xinhua)

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