Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim’s chief adviser was detained on Saturday over suspected links to the movement of US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen blamed for last year’s failed coup, state media reported.
Birol Erdem, a former senior justice Ministry official, was taken into custody in Ankara along with his wife Gulumser Erdem, Anadolu news agency said. He was accused of being a member of the movement led by Gulen, the agency reported, quoting sources from the office of the Ankara chief public prosecutor.