Turkey arrests three former diplomats
A Turkish court yesterday placed under arrest three former top diplomats, including an advisor to ex-president Abdullah Gul, over links to the failed July 15 coup, state media said.
An Ankara court remanded Gurcan Balik, Ali Findik and Tuncay Babali in custody ahead of trial over suspected links to the US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen.
Balik is a prominent figure who was the chief foreign policy advisor to President Gul. Babali meanwhile had served as ambassador to Canada while Findik had been ambassador to Costa Rica.
Turkey has embarked on an all-out purge of state institutions in the wake of the coup to rid the country of what Erdogan calls the "virus" of Gulen's influence.
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