Turkey Announces Detention of Dozens More Military Members

The post-coup attempt fallout continued in Turkey Thursday as authorities ordered the detention of 73 air force pilots alleged to have been part of the failed July putsch. Turkish state media reported that 45 pilots were detained during police operations across the country, while the others, who had previously been detained, were formally arrested. Of those detained Thursday, 71 were lieutenants in Turkey’s air force and two were colonels, according to the prosecutor’s office in Konya,...

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