Turkey 🇹🇷 arrests two Germans 🇩🇪 in relation to Gulen probe

Anadolu Agency said that, the two Germans 🇩🇪 were taken into custody in relation to an investigation into the movement of Fethullah Gulen, a US-based cleric who is accused by Ankara of masterminding a failed coup attempt last year.

Many European citizens were detained in Turkey 🇹🇷 over the past year, accused of involvement in last year's failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016 against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

"We're trying to establish what they are charged with," Maria Adebahr, spokeswoman for the German foreign ministry, said at a news conference on Friday.

"We must assume that it's a political charge, suspicion of terrorism, as with the others," referring to several other German citizens currently in Turkish detention Diplomats had not been able to contact them, she added, with Friday's public holiday celebrating the Muslim Eid al-Adha festival a possible reason for delays in contacting officials.

Local and international rights groups, as well as many of Turkey's European allies, have described the measures as arbitrary, claiming that the government is using the coup bid as a pretext to silence opposition in the country.

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