Parallel state

The reason behind the rise in the number of killed security forces in Turkey's southeast may be due to problems in intelligence sharing caused by police and security officers sympathetic to the U.S.-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an told MPs on March 24.

An Istanbul prosecutor has demanded the arrest of 19 suspects, including former police chiefs Fuat Y?lmazer and Erol Demirhan, who were detained last week in a major eavesdropping case. 

If you were surprised to see daily Zaman, one of the largest newspapers in Turkey, confiscated by the police last week, then you must be an outsider to Turkish politics. This was actually something that we all expected. It is just the latest step in a long process ?  the Long March, if you will, of our new revolutionaries. 

An Istanbul court has ruled to block access to the website of U.S.-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, accused by the Turkish government of "leading a terrorist organization."

An Istanbul court ordered on Feb. 9 the release of a former police officer who was arrested in a probe over the alleged "parallel state" conspiracy.

Istanbul's 13th High Penal Court decided in a unanimous vote to release Hüseyin Korkmaz who had been detained 17 months ago.

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has tasked the country's top auditing board to probe the activities of the "parallel state structure," a purported illegal organization allegedly led by U.S.-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, more than a year after getting the country's top national body to list the "movement" as a threat. 

Around 1,800 people, including 750 police officers and 80 soldiers, have been detained as part of ongoing operations in Turkey against sympathizers of U.S.-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen since 2014.

Former Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University rector Sedat Laçiner has been released by a court in Turkey's northwestern Çanakkale province after being detained in connection with a probe into the "parallel state" group.

Laçiner was detained on Dec. 26 alongside a number of businesspersons during simultaneous operations where 28 people were detained. 

Former rector of Çanakkale OnsekizMart University Sedat Laçiner has been detained in northwesternTurkey's Çanakkale province in connection with a probe into the"parallel state" group, police sources said Dec. 26.

According to the sources, policelaunched an operation at different addresses in the province earlymorning and detained Laçiner and many other businessmen.

U.S.-based Turkish Muslim preacher Fethullah Gülen, the alleged leader of a purported illegal organization, should come to Turkey to deliver testimony instead of giving a deposition before a U.S. court, the Turkish government has said.