Detentions sought for over 160 employees at Istanbul courthouses, jails

The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has issued warrants for 87 judiciary employees registered at three courthouses in the city along with 75 employees working at a number of jails as part of its probe into the Gülenist organization, which is accused of being behind the July 15 coup attempt in Turkey. 

Prosecutors moved to detain 87 public employees at the Çağlayan, Gaziosmanpaşa and Büyükçekmece courthouses early on Sept. 30 and initiated raids on legal institutions in Istanbul and 23 provinces, as the employees were reportedly set to be assigned to courthouses in 23 provinces.   

It also sought to detain 75 prison employees at the Silivri, Metris and Bakırköy jails and Anatolia and Bakırköy Probation Chief Bureaus. 

The suspects are charged with "acting in line of the organization's aims and actions," "using the ByLock app," "making financial transactions to now-closed Bank Asya accounts," "taking an active role in the organization's finances" and "engaging in misconduct in the entrances to civil servant positions." 

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