<span style="line-height: 16px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: #888888; background-color: #f1f1f1;">Turkish security officers detain unknown individuals on the side of the road in Istanbul, during a security shutdown of the Bosphorus Bridge. (photo: AFP)</span>
July 15, 2016
Turkey detains judge from its top court in wake of failed coup
ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) — Turkey on Saturday detained a member of the country’s top court after a bloody coup attempt aiming to oust the government, local media reported.
Alparslan Altan, one of 17 judges on the constitutional court, was taken into custody, the private NTV television reported, without specifying what he was accused of. Earlier, the judicial authorities said that some 2,745 judges across the country would be dismissed in the wake of the coup.
This also came in addition to the arrests of several senior military figures including 2nd army generals Adem Huduti and Avni Angun, Turkish media said.
The government said that in all almost 3,000 soldiers had been arrested in a major purge of the armed forces.
