10 foreigners were arrested in Turkey in the case of the coup

In Turkey in the case of the attempt of a military coup undertaken on July 15-16, 10 citizens of foreign states were arrested. According to Reuters, this was stated by Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmush.

The official did not report any additional information, including the citizenship of the arrested citizenship.

Kurtulmush also said that 186 military and 30 employees of the gendarmerie (internal troops) suspected of involvement in the conspiracy remain at large. Among them are nine generals.

On Friday, Süddeutsche Zeitung reported that a certain citizen of Germany was detained in Turkey who, during a search, found books indicating her connection with the preacher Fethullah Gulen. It is Gulen who lives in the United States, the Turkish authorities call the inspirer and organizer of the putsch. It was reported that the German embassy in Ankara cannot contact the detainee.

In total, more than 13 thousand people were detained in the case of a coup in Turkey. More than 30 thousand thousand were fired or removed from work.