28 August 2016, 06:53 GMT
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Capkın was detained earlier this week, when he was at home in the Izmir province. Shortly before, former governor of Istanbul Huseyin Avni Mutlu, who was also accused of having ties to Gulenists, was arrested.
On July 15, the Turkish authorities said that an attempted coup was taking place in the country, which was suppressed the following day. Ankara believes that Gulen and his supporters were seeking to overthrow the current government. The Fethullahist Terrorist Organization/Parallel State Structure, made up of Gulen's supporters, is designated a terrorist organization by Ankara.
Following the coup, thousands of people, mostly officials, legal and educational workers, were detained or dismissed, commonly over alleged ties to Gulen and his organization.
