Turkish authorities today issued detention warrants against 35 people, including nine journalists, on suspicion of links to last July's attempted military coup. <br/><br/>According to the state-run Anadolu news agency the suspects, including the editor of the opposition Birgun newspaper Burak Ekici, were accused of "membership of an armed terrorist organisation". <br/><br/>The on-going crackdown, particularly against journalists, has alarmed rights groups and some of Turkey's Western allies, who fear the government is using the coup as a pretext to quash dissent. <br/><br/>Some 150,000 people have been sacked or suspended from jobs in the civil service and private sector and more than 50,000 have been detained for alleged links to the putsch. <br/><br/>Some 150 media outlets have also been shut down and around 160 journalists are in jail, according to the Turkish Journalists' Association. <br/><br/>The government, however, says the measures are necessary due to the gravity of the threats it faces. <br/>