More than 8,000 suspects arrested in Turkish state institutions

By Huseyin Gazi Kaykı and Baris Kilic

ANKARA

More than 8,000 people including judiciary members, soldiers, police officers and civil servants, have been arrested and nearly 3,300 others remanded in custody amid a nationwide probe into the July 15 coup attempt.

According to latest records available on Friday, 6,899 soldiers were arrested and 552 soldiers remanded for allegedly being linked to the failed coup.

The number of arrested police officers reached 567 while the number of remanded police officers stood at 178.

Twelve deputy governors were arrested and nine others remanded while nine governors were arrested and four others were remanded.

Forty-five academics were also arrested in the aftermath of the coup attempt on July 15. Two academics were remanded.

Some 122 civil servants were arrested, which increased the total number of the arrested civil servants to 7,655. In addition, 66 other civil servants were remanded in custody, raising the total number of remanded civil servants to 811.

-Judiciary arrestees

Some 355 judiciary members were arrested and 1,479 others were remanded in custody.

At least 290 judges and prosecutors from the administrative courts and 48 from criminal courts were arrested. Seven members of the Supreme Court of Appeals and four Council of State members were arrested over Friday’s attempted coup.

Nearly 1,200 administrative court and 187 criminal court judges and prosecutors were remanded, along with 78 Supreme Court of Appeals members and 28 Council of State members.

Turkey's government has repeatedly said the deadly coup attempt on July 15, which martyred at least 246 people and injured more than 2,100 others, was organized by followers of U.S.-based cleric Fetullah Gulen.

Gulen is also accused of a long-running campaign to overthrow the state through the infiltration of Turkish institutions, particularly the military, police and judiciary, forming what is commonly known as the parallel state.