Turkish authorities have detained more than a thousand people suspected of having links to US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen. The overnight crackdown was one of the largest operations in months against the network, which Turkey blames for orchestrating a failed coup in July. <br/><br/>Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said, 1,009 people were detained so far. The operation was launched in all of Turkey's 81 provinces and targeted the network's structure in the police force. <br/><br/>Soylu described the arrests as an important step towards the government's aim at bringing down the Gulen movement.

Turkish authorities have detained more than a thousand people suspected of having links to US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen. The overnight crackdown was one of the largest operations in months against the network, which Turkey blames for orchestrating a failed coup in July. <br/><br/>Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said, 1,009 people were detained so far. The operation was launched in all of Turkey's 81 provinces and targeted the network's structure in the police force. <br/><br/>Soylu described the arrests as an important step towards the government's aim at bringing down the Gulen movement.